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 77
... mean that Quiroga himself is the man behind the kidnaping - and that we've had a gang- ster running the Empire ! " Rog shook his head . " Not necessarily . Not even probably . But it would indeed mean that the same forces who con- trol ...
... mean that Quiroga himself is the man behind the kidnaping - and that we've had a gang- ster running the Empire ! " Rog shook his head . " Not necessarily . Not even probably . But it would indeed mean that the same forces who con- trol ...
Page 82
... mean to tell me that Mr. B. pretends to remember minutiae like that ? It strikes me as rather phony . " Instead of getting angry at the slur on her idol Penny nodded soberly . " I thought so once . But you don't look at correctly ...
... mean to tell me that Mr. B. pretends to remember minutiae like that ? It strikes me as rather phony . " Instead of getting angry at the slur on her idol Penny nodded soberly . " I thought so once . But you don't look at correctly ...
Page 113
... mean ? " " I mean ' No ! ' You did ask me ; therefore there is doubt in your mind . So if you expect me to present that name to the committee as if I were Bonforte - then go in and ask him . " They both sat and said nothing . Finally ...
... mean ? " " I mean ' No ! ' You did ask me ; therefore there is doubt in your mind . So if you expect me to present that name to the committee as if I were Bonforte - then go in and ask him . " They both sat and said nothing . Finally ...
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