The Stars My DestinationIn this pulse-quickening novel, Alfred Bester imagines a future in which people "jaunte" a thousand miles with a single thought, where the rich barricade themselves in labyrinths and protect themselves with radioactive hit men--and where an inarticulate outcast is the most valuable and dangerous man alive. |
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TWO Between Mars and Jupiter is spread the broad belt of the asteroids . Of the thousands , known and unknown , most unique to the Freak Century was the Sargasso Asteroid , a tiny planet manufactured of natural rock and wreckage ...
TWO Between Mars and Jupiter is spread the broad belt of the asteroids . Of the thousands , known and unknown , most unique to the Freak Century was the Sargasso Asteroid , a tiny planet manufactured of natural rock and wreckage ...
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“ ' Nomad ' was transporting platinum bullion to Mars Bank . Every so often , banks have to adjust accounts . Normally , enough trade goes on between planets so that accounts can be balanced on paper . The war's disrupted normal trade ...
“ ' Nomad ' was transporting platinum bullion to Mars Bank . Every so often , banks have to adjust accounts . Normally , enough trade goes on between planets so that accounts can be balanced on paper . The war's disrupted normal trade ...
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rect from the Syrtis airport to the St. Michele stage at the foot of the causeway which stretched for a quarter of a mile through green fields to Mars St. Michele . The rest of the distance had to be traversed on foot .
rect from the Syrtis airport to the St. Michele stage at the foot of the causeway which stretched for a quarter of a mile through green fields to Mars St. Michele . The rest of the distance had to be traversed on foot .
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User Review - Bart - GoodreadsThis book was published in 1956 – a time when traveling to the moon would still be science fiction for quite a few years. Many of its ideas were astonishing then and its plot of blind revenge ... Read full review
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| Title | The Stars My Destination Berkeley medallion book |
| Author | Alfred Bester |
| Edition | reprint, reissue |
| Publisher | Berkley Books, 1976 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 30 Jun 2010 |
| ISBN | 0425055248, 9780425055243 |
| Length | 235 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Science Fiction / General |
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