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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... door . " It might not be him . It might be " I did not get to hear Broadbent say who he thought it might be as Dubois dilated the door . Framed in the doorway , looking like a nightmare toadstool , was a Martian . For an agony ...
... door . " It might not be him . It might be " I did not get to hear Broadbent say who he thought it might be as Dubois dilated the door . Framed in the doorway , looking like a nightmare toadstool , was a Martian . For an agony ...
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... door . Corpsman called out , " Hey , Skip ! I wanted to tell you- - " He was out the door and following Dak without waiting to say good - by . Roger Clifton closed the door Corpsman had left open , came back , and said slowly , " Do you ...
... door . Corpsman called out , " Hey , Skip ! I wanted to tell you- - " He was out the door and following Dak without waiting to say good - by . Roger Clifton closed the door Corpsman had left open , came back , and said slowly , " Do you ...
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... door , down an empty corridor , through another small door , and into a quite ordinary office . The only thing regal about it was a carved wall plaque , the coat of arms of the House of Orange , with its deathless motto , " I Maintain ...
... door , down an empty corridor , through another small door , and into a quite ordinary office . The only thing regal about it was a carved wall plaque , the coat of arms of the House of Orange , with its deathless motto , " I Maintain ...
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