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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... asked . The spaceman got that look peculiar to men who are used to being obeyed without question ; I studied it with profes- sional interest - it's not the same as anger ; it is more like a thundercloud just before a storm . Then he got ...
... asked . The spaceman got that look peculiar to men who are used to being obeyed without question ; I studied it with profes- sional interest - it's not the same as anger ; it is more like a thundercloud just before a storm . Then he got ...
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... asked him , surely ? " " No , we didn't . " " Why not ? " " Chief , this is not the sort of thing to bother him with . He's a tired , old , sick man . I have not been worrying him with anything less than major policy decisions - which ...
... asked him , surely ? " " No , we didn't . " " Why not ? " " Chief , this is not the sort of thing to bother him with . He's a tired , old , sick man . I have not been worrying him with anything less than major policy decisions - which ...
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... asked me about myself and told me that he did not recall ever seeing me play , but that he had seen my father's Cyrano . He was making a great effort to control the errant muscles of his mouth and his speech was clear but labored . Then ...
... asked me about myself and told me that he did not recall ever seeing me play , but that he had seen my father's Cyrano . He was making a great effort to control the errant muscles of his mouth and his speech was clear but labored . Then ...
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