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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... fall again ; surge nausea is even worse than everyday dropsickness . But we did not stay in free fall more than five minutes ; the three men who were to go back in the Can Do were crowding into the transfer lock even as Dak and I ...
... fall again ; surge nausea is even worse than everyday dropsickness . But we did not stay in free fall more than five minutes ; the three men who were to go back in the Can Do were crowding into the transfer lock even as Dak and I ...
Page 63
... fall . " I hated free fall but Bonforte did not . " Will you or Rog make my apologies to the Commissioner , and so forth ? " " We'll take care of everything , sir . " " Good . How soon can you arrange a shuttle for me ? " " The Pixie is ...
... fall . " I hated free fall but Bonforte did not . " Will you or Rog make my apologies to the Commissioner , and so forth ? " " We'll take care of everything , sir . " " Good . How soon can you arrange a shuttle for me ? " " The Pixie is ...
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... fall of the Quiroga government was the direct result of the speech you made earlier today . It is even possible that he is right . But it is beside the point . Bill , try to be reasonably polite , will you ? We get nowhere by bickering ...
... fall of the Quiroga government was the direct result of the speech you made earlier today . It is even possible that he is right . But it is beside the point . Bill , try to be reasonably polite , will you ? We get nowhere by bickering ...
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