4.2
Fantasy & SciFi
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.
© 2020 Blackstone Publishing (Lydbok): 9781094179407
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Lydbok: 13. oktober 2020
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4.2
Fantasy & SciFi
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.
© 2020 Blackstone Publishing (Lydbok): 9781094179407
Utgivelsesdato
Lydbok: 13. oktober 2020
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Lest da den vant Hugo-prisen for beste roman i 1956. Sikkert grei da den kom ut, men har etter mitt syn ikke tålt tidens tann. Todimensjonale karakterer som var umulige å engasjere seg i, og et plott som var litt for utrolig til å ta for god fisk og dratt litt for kort til å smilende godta. Historien er uengasjerende og forutsigbar, og skrivestilen mer preken enn underholdning. Hadde neppe fullført om ikke boken var så kort, og kan ikke anbefales. Fremføringen av boken passer innholdet, det vil si, den oppleves som uengasjert og overspillende.
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