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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... stand their smell ! Nobody could accuse me of race prejudice . I didn't care what a man's color , race , or religion ... standing on their pedestals around a table , pretending to be people . I had not even heard the air conditioning ...
... stand their smell ! Nobody could accuse me of race prejudice . I didn't care what a man's color , race , or religion ... standing on their pedestals around a table , pretending to be people . I had not even heard the air conditioning ...
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... standing braced in the doorway . I looked at him and said wonderingly , " How do you man- age to stand up ? " Part of my mind , the professional part that works independently , was noting how he stood and filing it in a new drawer ...
... standing braced in the doorway . I looked at him and said wonderingly , " How do you man- age to stand up ? " Part of my mind , the professional part that works independently , was noting how he stood and filing it in a new drawer ...
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... stand corrected , " I said humbly . " Well , what do we do ? Have Dak drag his feet so that the Tommie does not reach New Batavia until he is back in shape to do the job ? " " We can't stall . We don't have to boost at more than one ...
... stand corrected , " I said humbly . " Well , what do we do ? Have Dak drag his feet so that the Tommie does not reach New Batavia until he is back in shape to do the job ? " " We can't stall . We don't have to boost at more than one ...
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