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. Suddenly he found himself agreeing to the most difficult role of his career: impersonating an important politician who had been kidnapped. Peace with the Martians was at stake -- failure to pull off the act could result in interplanetary war. And Smythe's own life was on the line -- for if he wasn't assassinated, there was always the possibility that he might be trapped in his new role forever! Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
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... Eisenhower . " He offered no explanation . The Eisenhower is just as un- likely a hotel for spacemen as Casa Mañana . I could smell trouble . You don't pick up a stranger in a bar and then in- sist that he come to a hotel room - well ...
... Eisenhower . " He offered no explanation . The Eisenhower is just as un- likely a hotel for spacemen as Casa Mañana . I could smell trouble . You don't pick up a stranger in a bar and then in- sist that he come to a hotel room - well ...
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... Eisenhower is not too far from the Casa , for I did not even have a minum for tube fare . However , although the art of strolling is almost lost , I savor it — and it gave me time to collect my thoughts . I was no fool ; I was aware ...
... Eisenhower is not too far from the Casa , for I did not even have a minum for tube fare . However , although the art of strolling is almost lost , I savor it — and it gave me time to collect my thoughts . I was no fool ; I was aware ...
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... Eisenhower . The few minutes we had been crammed in the vactube had been long enough for me to devise a plan - sketchy , tentative , and subject to change without notice , as the fine print always says , but a plan . It could be stated ...
... Eisenhower . The few minutes we had been crammed in the vactube had been long enough for me to devise a plan - sketchy , tentative , and subject to change without notice , as the fine print always says , but a plan . It could be stated ...
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