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 6
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
Page 81
... 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 necessary to fill in the background , prepare myself to be Bonforte under almost any circumstances ...
... 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 necessary to fill in the background , prepare myself to be Bonforte under almost any circumstances ...
Page 109
... 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 ...
... 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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