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 58
... reached the capital offense level . I reached the ramp leading down into the inner nest and started on down . That line of astericks represents the adoption ceremony . Why ? Because it is limited to members of the Kkkah nest . It is a ...
... reached the capital offense level . I reached the ramp leading down into the inner nest and started on down . That line of astericks represents the adoption ceremony . Why ? Because it is limited to members of the Kkkah nest . It is a ...
Page 91
... reached into Bonforte's favorite clichés and picked one he used to reprove bumptiousness . " Son , suppose you tend to your knitting and I tend to mine . " His face lost all expression . " Very well , sir . If you will come this way ...
... reached into Bonforte's favorite clichés and picked one he used to reprove bumptiousness . " Son , suppose you tend to your knitting and I tend to mine . " His face lost all expression . " Very well , sir . If you will come this way ...
Page 123
... reached out and patted my hand in a fatherly way and we both watched the receiver . The first station Penny got said : “ —doubt about it , folks ; eight of the robot brains say yes , Curiac says maybe . The Expansionist Party has won a ...
... reached out and patted my hand in a fatherly way and we both watched the receiver . The first station Penny got said : “ —doubt about it , folks ; eight of the robot brains say yes , Curiac says maybe . The Expansionist Party has won a ...
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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