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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... speech in words he would use , it will automatically be effective . He's a great orator . " " Listen , Smythe , you're not hired to write speeches . You're hired to-- " " Hold it , Bill ! " Dak cut in . " And a little less of that ...
... speech in words he would use , it will automatically be effective . He's a great orator . " " Listen , Smythe , you're not hired to write speeches . You're hired to-- " " Hold it , Bill ! " Dak cut in . " And a little less of that ...
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... speech I made was too effective to suit you ? " " Huh ? Hell , no ! It was a lousy speech . " " So ? You can't have it both ways . You're saying that a lousy speech went over so big that it scared the Humanity Party right out of office ...
... speech I made was too effective to suit you ? " " Huh ? Hell , no ! It was a lousy speech . " " So ? You can't have it both ways . You're saying that a lousy speech went over so big that it scared the Humanity Party right out of office ...
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Robert Anson Heinlein. the sovereign were not present , I delivered my speech . It was not the one Corpsman had written ; that one went down the oubliette as soon as I had read it . Bill had made it a straight campaign speech , and it ...
Robert Anson Heinlein. the sovereign were not present , I delivered my speech . It was not the one Corpsman had written ; that one went down the oubliette as soon as I had read it . Bill had made it a straight campaign speech , and it ...
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