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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... course . But " He stopped . " But what ? I don't get it . Here you chaps have been working and scheming for years to bring about this very thing . Now you've won - and you look like a bride who isn't sure she wants to go through with it ...
... course . But " He stopped . " But what ? I don't get it . Here you chaps have been working and scheming for years to bring about this very thing . Now you've won - and you look like a bride who isn't sure she wants to go through with it ...
Page 82
... course . " " You just said that this was what he remembered about his friends and acquaintances . " " Not quite . I said that this is what he wanted to remem- ber . But since he can't , not possibly , this is how he does it . Don't ...
... course . " " You just said that this was what he remembered about his friends and acquaintances . " " Not quite . I said that this is what he wanted to remem- ber . But since he can't , not possibly , this is how he does it . Don't ...
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... course . " I said nothing and poured them , adding water to my own . I had had a sudden chill ; if Bonforte knew that the Em- peror always took scotch over bare cubes it should have been in his Farleyfile . It was not . But Willem ...
... course . " I said nothing and poured them , adding water to my own . I had had a sudden chill ; if Bonforte knew that the Em- peror always took scotch over bare cubes it should have been in his Farleyfile . It was not . But Willem ...
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