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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Page 83
... moved up by me , jabbed the man in the ribs - again with a bare knuckle . I moved out of the way . Dak braked the car to a halt , stopping right in front of the gates . " Four minutes to spare , " he said happily . " This is a nice car ...
... moved up by me , jabbed the man in the ribs - again with a bare knuckle . I moved out of the way . Dak braked the car to a halt , stopping right in front of the gates . " Four minutes to spare , " he said happily . " This is a nice car ...
Page 139
... moved very far from his place , no one held still . Little page boys , looking like Michelangelo's cherubim , moved among them offering trays of sweets . One knelt to Willem and he helped himself without taking his eyes off the ...
... moved very far from his place , no one held still . Little page boys , looking like Michelangelo's cherubim , moved among them offering trays of sweets . One knelt to Willem and he helped himself without taking his eyes off the ...
Page 183
... moved in for the pur- pose , was blasting at full gain , the floor was littered , and ev- erybody was drinking , or smoking , or both . Even Jimmie Washington was holding a drink while he listened to the re- turns . He was not drinking ...
... moved in for the pur- pose , was blasting at full gain , the floor was littered , and ev- erybody was drinking , or smoking , or both . Even Jimmie Washington was holding a drink while he listened to the re- turns . He was not drinking ...
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