This is a novel about doubles, but more specifically this is a novel about an actor who gets hired to replace a dying and/or incapacitated politician. It takes place mostly on Mars, which led me to wonder if this is the same Mars of Stranger in a Strange Land, but mostly I was thinking about how much I didn’t care that much about the politics of the world. If the plot sounds familiar, it is. This book is basically Dave, at least in the broad strokes. And it’s […]
If a man walks in dressed like a hick and walking around as if he owned the place, he’s a spaceman.
Double Star by Robert Heinlein
