· «Double Star» by Robert A. Heinlein «Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay – and claims a halo for his dishonesty.» John Joseph Bonforte in «Double Star» by Robert A. Heinlein. The story, which is told in the first person, centers on down-and-out actor Lawrence Smith (stage name Lorenzo Smythe, also known as “The Great Lorenzo”). A brilliant actor and mimic, he is down to his last coin when a spaceman hires him to double for an unspecified public figure. It is only when he is on his way to Mars that he finds out he will have to impersonate one of the most. · Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein. Read as part of the Virginia Edition Series, Volume VI. First published by Doubleday, March Serialised in Astounding Magazine, February, March and April Virginia Edition published April Text with minor corrections based on the Doubleday edition. ISBN: 1 pages.
Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. Double Star is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, first serialized in Astounding Science Fiction (February, March, April ) and published in hard.
This is probably Heinlein's least-known Hugo winner. It's also his earliest, only the third winner of the best novel Hugo, and belongs to an era of SF that one doesn't see much any more. Double Star is written in the first person, from the perspective of a down-and-out (but exceptionally, unbelievably talented, not to mention arrogant) actor who is recruited to impersonate an important politician. Double Star is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, first serialized in Astounding Science Fiction (February, March, and April ) and published in hardcover the same year. It received the Hugo Award for Best Novel (his first). In Double Star, a Robert Heinlein novella, Lawrence Smith (aka Lorenzo Smythe or "Lorenzo the Great"), an out-of-work actor, accepts a job to impersonate a man for a few days, without, perhaps, asking as many questions about the job as he should have. He promptly finds himself whisked off to the planet Mars, standing in for one of the most important political figures in the solar system, who has been kidnapped.
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