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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... second I would be halfway to Omaha . I would lie low a few weeks , then get in touch with my agent and find out if any ... seconds when his eyes and attention are fully occupied . But we went right on past the Diana desk and through an ...
... second I would be halfway to Omaha . I would lie low a few weeks , then get in touch with my agent and find out if any ... seconds when his eyes and attention are fully occupied . But we went right on past the Diana desk and through an ...
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... seconds to spare . " I believe I made it with five seconds to spare . I was out in the sunlight for about ten feet , then I was inside a long tube in the ship . I used about every third rung . The rocket ship was apparently small . At ...
... seconds to spare . " I believe I made it with five seconds to spare . I was out in the sunlight for about ten feet , then I was inside a long tube in the ship . I used about every third rung . The rocket ship was apparently small . At ...
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Robert Anson Heinlein. " Thirty seconds to walk up the ramp , maybe . What do you want to do with the three minutes you ... seconds . Better start . " 22 I nodded and started up the ramp . It must have been within a second or two of the ...
Robert Anson Heinlein. " Thirty seconds to walk up the ramp , maybe . What do you want to do with the three minutes you ... seconds . Better start . " 22 I nodded and started up the ramp . It must have been within a second or two of the ...
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