Double Star

3.9 avg 24785 votes

About this book

One 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!

3.9 ★★★★☆ average of 4 sources · 24785 votes
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Hardcover 3.7 100

Reader Profile

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3.9/5 · 24785 readers · 159 pages · ≈ 2 h 57 m · Light

How long does it take to read Double Star?

About ≈ 2 h 57 m — 159 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mDouble Star~2 h 57 m

How many pages is Double Star?

159 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320Double Star159

What genre is Double Star?

It sits on the Science Fiction, Fiction shelves.

Is Double Star in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Who wrote Double Star?

Robert A. Heinlein.

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