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I did so, making the trip back in a slightly exaggerated version of his walk to allow
for his untrained eye — feet sliding softly along the floor as if it were deck plates,
weight carried forward and balanced from the hips, hands a trifle forward and ...
I did so, making the trip back in a slightly exaggerated version of his walk to allow
for his untrained eye — feet sliding softly along the floor as if it were deck plates,
weight carried forward and balanced from the hips, hands a trifle forward and ...
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There is no getting around it, Penny is the world-saver type and her sincerity is
contagious. The boning I did on the trip out to Mars was as nothing to the hard
study I put in on the trip to New Batavia. I already had the basic character; now it
was ...
There is no getting around it, Penny is the world-saver type and her sincerity is
contagious. The boning I did on the trip out to Mars was as nothing to the hard
study I put in on the trip to New Batavia. I already had the basic character; now it
was ...
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... a trip to Venus; the Farleyfile system would break down if I attempted to mix
with crowds, not to mention the unknown hazards of the Actionist goon squads —
what I would babble with a minim dose of neodexocaine in the forebrain none of
...
... a trip to Venus; the Farleyfile system would break down if I attempted to mix
with crowds, not to mention the unknown hazards of the Actionist goon squads —
what I would babble with a minim dose of neodexocaine in the forebrain none of
...
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| Title | Double star Doubleday science fiction Volume 2419 of Signet books Panther books |
| Author | Robert Anson Heinlein |
| Publisher | New American Library, 1956 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 186 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Science Fiction / General Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction |
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