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Bronson Pinchot
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.
©1956, 1984 by Robert A. Heinlein. © 2003 by the Robert A. and Virginia Heinlein Prize Trust (P)2020 by Blackstone PublishingListeners also enjoyed...




















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it has a dated futuristic feel that is so good
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Very good read
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still a very good book
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Many will recognize the movie that was made
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great story, narrator is excellent
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Excellent story and superb reading.
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The narrator does an admirable job. I really admire a narrator who 'wears' many hats and faces. It's amazing how many characters differentiated themselves out of one narrator. The only hiccup may be Penny's. He made her 'feel' (to me) as if she only had one tone. Other than that, it was fine acting.
I didn't expect the 'solution' Heinlein chose. An actor who must 'act' a role for the rest of his life has to feel as if he is in prison. But we all have a role to play!
Science Fiction?
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Solid entertaining SF
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A true gem of a novel and audiobook...
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A Great Recording of a Classic
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