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Double star, Robert A. Heinlein

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Every stand-in dreamed of the starring role-but what actor would risk his life for the chance? One minute, down-and-out actor Lorenzo Smythe is, as usual, in a bar, drinking away his troubles while watching his career circle the drain. 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 and cares even less, but the handsome compensation is impossible to refuse. He soon realizes, however, that he faces a lifetime masquerade if the real politician never shows up. "In Double Star you can smell and feel and practically taste the future." "The story moves at a sharp pace, helped along by Heinlein's slick prose and the kind of wry good humor demonstrated when he describes the multiconsonant names he has ascribed to his Martians as sounding like 'a leaking faucet.'" "In this intricately plotted novel of interplanetary intrigue, Heinlein is at his best." "Not too far flung nor far fetched."
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 11 min.))
Isbn
9781094179414
Link
https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/13916491?utm_source=MARC
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Double star
Title
Double star
Statement of responsibility
Robert A. Heinlein
Creator
Contributor
Author
Narrator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Every stand-in dreamed of the starring role-but what actor would risk his life for the chance? One minute, down-and-out actor Lorenzo Smythe is, as usual, in a bar, drinking away his troubles while watching his career circle the drain. 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 and cares even less, but the handsome compensation is impossible to refuse. He soon realizes, however, that he faces a lifetime masquerade if the real politician never shows up. "In Double Star you can smell and feel and practically taste the future." "The story moves at a sharp pace, helped along by Heinlein's slick prose and the kind of wry good humor demonstrated when he describes the multiconsonant names he has ascribed to his Martians as sounding like 'a leaking faucet.'" "In this intricately plotted novel of interplanetary intrigue, Heinlein is at his best." "Not too far flung nor far fetched."
Accompanying matter
technical information on music
Cataloging source
Midwest
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1907-1988
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Heinlein, Robert A.
Dewey number
813/.54
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not applicable
Format of music
not applicable
Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
PerformerNote
Read by Bronson Pinchot
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  • Pinchot, Bronson
  • hoopla digital
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  • Impersonation
  • Martians
  • Space warfare
  • Mars (Planet)
Target audience
adult
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not applicable
Label
Double star, Robert A. Heinlein
Link
https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/13916491?utm_source=MARC
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unknown
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digital storage
Carrier category
online resource
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  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
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not applicable
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unknown
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
  • not applicable
  • unknown
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 11 min.))
File format
unknown
Form of item
  • online
  • electronic
Governing access note
Digital content provided by hoopla
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9781094179414
Isbn Type
(sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
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not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
not applicable
Kind of material
unknown
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unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
digital.
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
13916491
Publisher number
MWT13916491
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unknown
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access
Sound
sound
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
  • other
  • remote
Speed
other
System control number
(MWT)MWT13916491
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Mode of access: World Wide Web
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not applicable
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not applicable
Label
Double star, Robert A. Heinlein
Link
https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/13916491?utm_source=MARC
Publication
Distribution
Antecedent source
unknown
Capture and storage technique
digital storage
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
not applicable
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
  • not applicable
  • unknown
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 11 min.))
File format
unknown
Form of item
  • online
  • electronic
Governing access note
Digital content provided by hoopla
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9781094179414
Isbn Type
(sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
not applicable
Kind of material
unknown
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
digital.
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
13916491
Publisher number
MWT13916491
Quality assurance targets
unknown
Reformatting quality
access
Sound
sound
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
  • other
  • remote
Speed
other
System control number
(MWT)MWT13916491
System details
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable

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