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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... remember it . " " Oh , dirty sheets ! We're in a hurry . What's this guff about your refusing ? " " It's not guff . This is not the job I signed up for . " " Garbage ! Maybe you are too stupid to realize it , Smythe , but you are in too ...
... remember it . " " Oh , dirty sheets ! We're in a hurry . What's this guff about your refusing ? " " It's not guff . This is not the job I signed up for . " " Garbage ! Maybe you are too stupid to realize it , Smythe , but you are in too ...
Page 82
... remember his number ? " " Eh ? All right , I give up . You've sold me . " " These are things he would like to remember if his memory were perfect . Since it isn't , it is no more phony to do it this way than it is to use a tickler file ...
... remember his number ? " " Eh ? All right , I give up . You've sold me . " " These are things he would like to remember if his memory were perfect . Since it isn't , it is no more phony to do it this way than it is to use a tickler file ...
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... remember the details ? " " Why , certainly . He said , ' How did you break that arm , son ? ' and I said , ' Riding a bicycle , sir , ' and he said , ' Did the same thing myself , only it was a collarbone . ' " " Do you think he would ...
... remember the details ? " " Why , certainly . He said , ' How did you break that arm , son ? ' and I said , ' Riding a bicycle , sir , ' and he said , ' Did the same thing myself , only it was a collarbone . ' " " Do you think he would ...
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