Double Star
Language: English
Publisher: Signet
Published: Jan 1, 1956
Awards:
Hugo.Best Novel.Winner.1956
List Of Awards:
Hugo
Date Read:
Mar 1, 1994
Form:
Novel
Pages:
201
Read Status:
read
Shelves:
read
Word Count:
54781
Book Details
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Description:
One minute, down-and-out actor Lorenzo Smythe is in a bar, drinking away his troubles. Then a space pilot buys him a drink, and the next thing Smythe knows, he's shanghaied to Mars. Smythe suddenly finds himself agreeing to the most difficult role of his career: impersonating an important politician who has been kidnapped. Peace with the Martians is at stake, and failure to pull off the act could result in interplanetary war. Smythe knows nothing of the issues concerning free interplanetary trade and equal rights for aliens, but the handsome compensation is impossible to refuse. He soon realizes, however, that his masquerade could be permanent. new role forever!