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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... simply felt heavy and found it hard to breathe . You hear these stories about pilots torching at ten gravities and ruining themselves and I have no doubt that they are true - but two gravities , taken in the cider press , simply makes ...
... simply felt heavy and found it hard to breathe . You hear these stories about pilots torching at ten gravities and ruining themselves and I have no doubt that they are true - but two gravities , taken in the cider press , simply makes ...
Page 93
... simply run across him in the street before they left Old Town - a poor old stumblebum with a week's beard , dirty and dazed . The men had not recognized him , but Penny had known him and made them stop . She broke into sobs again as she ...
... simply run across him in the street before they left Old Town - a poor old stumblebum with a week's beard , dirty and dazed . The men had not recognized him , but Penny had known him and made them stop . She broke into sobs again as she ...
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... simply picked up the list and said , “ Very well , Chief . ” Later that same day Bill quit . I suppose Rog had to tell him that his arm - twisting had not worked . But when Rog told me about it I felt sick , realizing that my stiff ...
... simply picked up the list and said , “ Very well , Chief . ” Later that same day Bill quit . I suppose Rog had to tell him that his arm - twisting had not worked . But when Rog told me about it I felt sick , realizing that my stiff ...
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