false <![CDATA[Double Star]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1214622766m/175324.jpg 175324 27 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.<br><br>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! 2887127 1956 Double Star total:1060|5:207|4:378|3:387|2:85|1:3| 1060 3881 1348 29 4 1 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1971 Fri Feb 13 07:35:16 -0800 2009 Fri Oct 16 00:04:25 -0700 2009 Trillion Year Spree, says this is Heinlein's most enjoyable novel. Who am I to fault his judgment? It is, indeed, a lot of fun: pathetic, failed actor Laurence Smith (stage name, "Lorenzo Smythe") is hired to impersonate John Joseph Bonforte, leader of the Expansionist par...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 13:15:03 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 13:25:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 08 11:26:40 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 11:32:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 00:23:58 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 03:50:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 08:50:35 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 22:27:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Mar 11 14:29:43 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 18 10:20:42 -0800 2009
When I hear the term Double Star I think of a Binary system... Heinlein had another take on the term, and his clever polysemy/semioin was an amusing suprize, let me explain. Did you ever see that movie Dave (1993 where Kevin Kline plays Dave Kovic, a sweet Tem...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 09:58:56 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 10:09:39 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 11:08:40 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 11:10:13 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Tue Dec 16 08:18:56 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 08:26:03 -0800 2008
A fun fast read with a good message about overcoming prejudice.

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It's about an actor who has to pose as an important politician. It's vaguely sci-fi as bits of it are set on Mars, but to be honest, they could have replaced that with more terrestrial settings and the story would be much the same.

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I am rereading it because I want to remember it better.]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Thu Aug 30 13:45:29 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 13:48:18 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 08:00:44 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 08:06:47 -0700 2008
Entertaining. Maybe not life changing, but it made a good audi...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=175324