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 56
... waiting for you to speak , waiting for you to do something - maybe even waiting for you to go up on your lines , brother , you feel it . This is why they have prompters . I looked out and saw my audience and I wanted to run . I had ...
... waiting for you to speak , waiting for you to do something - maybe even waiting for you to go up on your lines , brother , you feel it . This is why they have prompters . I looked out and saw my audience and I wanted to run . I had ...
Page 91
... waited for me to cor- rect my obvious mistake . I reached into Bonforte's favorite clichés and picked one he used to ... waiting . I suppose Pateel passed along some sign , for the Imperial Anthem welled out and we all held still for it ...
... waited for me to cor- rect my obvious mistake . I reached into Bonforte's favorite clichés and picked one he used to ... waiting . I suppose Pateel passed along some sign , for the Imperial Anthem welled out and we all held still for it ...
Page 116
... Wait until they take your fingerprints ! ” I sighed and made the understatement of my life . " This is ceasing to be a joke . Gentlemen , I think I had better put an end to this . Penny my dear , will you please have some- one send in ...
... Wait until they take your fingerprints ! ” I sighed and made the understatement of my life . " This is ceasing to be a joke . Gentlemen , I think I had better put an end to this . Penny my dear , will you please have some- one send in ...
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