num_pages: 186
description: One minute, down &amp; 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, &amp; the next thing Smythe knew, he was shanghaied to Mars. 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 &amp; 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!
language: English
title: Double Star
titlecomplete: Double Star
characters: Lorenzo Smythe
genres: Classics, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Audiobook, Politics, Fiction, Science Fiction, Hugo Awards
ratings_count: 22628
awards: awardedAt: -441820800000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Locus Award
category: All-Time Best SF Novel
publisher: Garden City: Doubleday