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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Page 36
... expect you to shout it from the housetops . " " On Earth we would . At New Batavia we would . On Venus we would . But here we are dealing with Mars . Do you know the legend of Kkkahgral the Younger ? " " Eh ? I'm afraid I don't ...
... expect you to shout it from the housetops . " " On Earth we would . At New Batavia we would . On Venus we would . But here we are dealing with Mars . Do you know the legend of Kkkahgral the Younger ? " " Eh ? I'm afraid I don't ...
Page 77
... expect a man Bonforte's age to place unnecessary strain on his heart . But we can't delay . When the Emperor sends for you , you come . " " Then what ? " Rog looked at me without answering . I began to get edgy . " Hey , Rog , don't go ...
... expect a man Bonforte's age to place unnecessary strain on his heart . But we can't delay . When the Emperor sends for you , you come . " " Then what ? " Rog looked at me without answering . I began to get edgy . " Hey , Rog , don't go ...
Page 89
... expect a man to understand both politics and period costuming . It is an ugly costume , but it did make a fine background for the Order of Wilhelmina stretched in colorful diagonal across my chest . I looked at myself in a long glass ...
... expect a man to understand both politics and period costuming . It is an ugly costume , but it did make a fine background for the Order of Wilhelmina stretched in colorful diagonal across my chest . I looked at myself in a long glass ...
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actor answered asked Batavia Benny Grey Bill Bonforte's Boothroyd Braun campaign Capek Captain Broadbent Chief Clifton Corpsman course Curly Top Dak Broadbent damned door DOUBLE STAR drink Dubois Earth Eisenhower election Emperor Empire Expansionist Expansionist Party face Farleyfile felt free fall Ganymede glanced Go For Broke Goddard City Grand Assembly gravities grinned hand Heinlein House of Orange Humanity Party Imperial impersonation Jock keep kill Kkkah knew laugh looked Lorenzo Mars Martian matter mind minutes moved nest never Okay once Penny picked play political Quiroga realized role Rrringriil ship shook simply sionist slide rule smiled Smythe sorry speech started stereo stopped suppose Supreme Minister sure talk tell thing thought told Tom Paine took torchship trip Trowbridge trying turned Venerian voice vote walk wand Willem word worry