Double StarOne minute, down and out actor Lorenzo Smythe was -- as usual -- in a bar, drinking away his troubles as he watched his career go down the tubes. Then a space pilot bought him a drink, and the next thing Smythe knew, he was shanghaied to Mars. |
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... hands . " I followed him to the door ; he stopped and said , " There may be others around . If so , shoot first- there's nothing else you can do . " He had the life wand in his hand , with his cloak drawn over it . " Martians ? " " Or ...
... hands . " I followed him to the door ; he stopped and said , " There may be others around . If so , shoot first- there's nothing else you can do . " He had the life wand in his hand , with his cloak drawn over it . " Martians ? " " Or ...
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... hand . He did not take it . Instead he put his fists on his hips , looked up at me , and whistled . " Amazing ! I really do believe we stand a chance of getting away with it . " He looked me up and down , then said , " Turn around ...
... hand . He did not take it . Instead he put his fists on his hips , looked up at me , and whistled . " Amazing ! I really do believe we stand a chance of getting away with it . " He looked me up and down , then said , " Turn around ...
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... hand - but it is too much to expect a man to understand both politics and period costuming . It is an ugly costume , but it did make a fine background for the Order of Wilhelmina stretched in colorful diagonal across my chest . I looked ...
... hand - but it is too much to expect a man to understand both politics and period costuming . It is an ugly costume , but it did make a fine background for the Order of Wilhelmina stretched in colorful diagonal across my chest . I looked ...
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