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
some ...
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
some ...
Page 201
My dear sir , d . be sensible . You come here , extravagantly accusing yoursel of
robbery , rape , murder , genocide , treason , and God knows what else . D ' you
expect me to take you seriously ? ” Bunny , Sheffield ' s assistant , jaunted into the
...
My dear sir , d . be sensible . You come here , extravagantly accusing yoursel of
robbery , rape , murder , genocide , treason , and God knows what else . D ' you
expect me to take you seriously ? ” Bunny , Sheffield ' s assistant , jaunted into the
...
Page 202
The Jack - jaunters were not interested in literature . 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 ...
The Jack - jaunters were not interested in literature . 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 ...
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| Title | The Stars My Destination Berkley 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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