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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... seemed a logical certainty . Bonforte had lived through at least three assassination attempts - or so the news reports would have us believe . At least two of his escapes had seemed almost miraculous . Suppose they were not miracu- lous ...
... seemed a logical certainty . Bonforte had lived through at least three assassination attempts - or so the news reports would have us believe . At least two of his escapes had seemed almost miraculous . Suppose they were not miracu- lous ...
Page 93
... seemed to have been occupied continuously for at least a week , a pot of coffee was still hot - and wrapped in a towel on a shelf was an old - fashioned removable denture which Clifton identified as belonging to Bonforte . But Bonforte ...
... seemed to have been occupied continuously for at least a week , a pot of coffee was still hot - and wrapped in a towel on a shelf was an old - fashioned removable denture which Clifton identified as belonging to Bonforte . But Bonforte ...
Page 96
... seemed to pay no attention to us , or at least such attention was for the pretty young woman with me rather than directed at me . Yet I felt uneasy . " What is it , Chief ? " " Eh ? That is what it is ! " " Sir ? " " I'm not being the ...
... seemed to pay no attention to us , or at least such attention was for the pretty young woman with me rather than directed at me . Yet I felt uneasy . " What is it , Chief ? " " Eh ? That is what it is ! " " Sir ? " " I'm not being the ...
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