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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... fact , you have already started your impersonation . This ship is not really the Go For Broke ; it is the Chief's private yacht and traveling office , the Tom Paine . The Go For Broke is riding a parking orbit around Mars , with its ...
... fact , you have already started your impersonation . This ship is not really the Go For Broke ; it is the Chief's private yacht and traveling office , the Tom Paine . The Go For Broke is riding a parking orbit around Mars , with its ...
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... fact , they possessed the same quaint grace as a Chinese pagoda . True , they were not human in form , but neither is a bird of paradise - and birds of paradise are the loveliest things alive . I began to realize , too , that their ...
... fact , they possessed the same quaint grace as a Chinese pagoda . True , they were not human in form , but neither is a bird of paradise - and birds of paradise are the loveliest things alive . I began to realize , too , that their ...
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... fact that he wore the Emperor's aiguillette on his right shoulder . He glanced at the wand and said smoothly , " That's a Martian wand , is it not , sir ? Interesting . I suppose you will want to leave it here - it will be safe . " I ...
... fact that he wore the Emperor's aiguillette on his right shoulder . He glanced at the wand and said smoothly , " That's a Martian wand , is it not , sir ? Interesting . I suppose you will want to leave it here - it will be safe . " I ...
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