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Description

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... read more

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First Sentence

IF A MAN WALKS IN DRESSED LIKE A HICK AND acting as if he owned the place, he's a spaceman.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Robert A. Heinlein (Author)

Awards

  • Hugo (1956: Best science fiction novel)
 

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