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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As always , when he returned from a stormy civil court session in Leningrad , Regis Sheffield was pleased and complacent , rather like a cocky prizefighter who's won a tough fight . He stopped off at Blekmann's in Berlin for a drink and ...
As always , when he returned from a stormy civil court session in Leningrad , Regis Sheffield was pleased and complacent , rather like a cocky prizefighter who's won a tough fight . He stopped off at Blekmann's in Berlin for a drink and ...
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Bunny , Sheffield's assistant , jaunted into the private of fice . “ Chief ! ” he shouted in excitement . “ Something brand new's turned up . A lech - jaunte ! Two society kids bribed a C - class tart to - Ooop . Sorry .
Bunny , Sheffield's assistant , jaunted into the private of fice . “ Chief ! ” he shouted in excitement . “ Something brand new's turned up . A lech - jaunte ! Two society kids bribed a C - class tart to - Ooop . Sorry .
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Sheffield threw Foyle down on the floor . Only then did he take a gun from his pocket . Foyle's eyelids fluttered ; his eyes opened . “ You're drugged , ” Sheffield said rapidly . “ Don't try to jaunte . And don't move .
Sheffield threw Foyle down on the floor . Only then did he take a gun from his pocket . Foyle's eyelids fluttered ; his eyes opened . “ You're drugged , ” Sheffield said rapidly . “ Don't try to jaunte . And don't move .
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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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