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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Captain Peter Y ' ang - Yeovil of Central Intelligence was a lineal descendant of
the learned Mencius and belonged to . the Intelligence Tong of the Inner Planets
Armed Forces . For two hundred years the IPAF had entrusted its intelligence ...
Captain Peter Y ' ang - Yeovil of Central Intelligence was a lineal descendant of
the learned Mencius and belonged to . the Intelligence Tong of the Inner Planets
Armed Forces . For two hundred years the IPAF had entrusted its intelligence ...
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If it wasn ' t for jaunting , ” Y ' ang - Yeovil said , “ the losses would have been five
times that . All the same , it ' s close to a knockout . One more punch like that and
Terra ' s finished . ” He addressed this to the assistants jaunting in and out of his ...
If it wasn ' t for jaunting , ” Y ' ang - Yeovil said , “ the losses would have been five
times that . All the same , it ' s close to a knockout . One more punch like that and
Terra ' s finished . ” He addressed this to the assistants jaunting in and out of his ...
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Charmed . I ' m Captain Y ' ang - Yeovil . How nice of you to come and see me ,
Miss Wednesbury . You ' ve saved me a long , hard search . ” " B - But I don ' t
understand . What were you doing on the Spanish Stairs ? Why were you hunting
- ?
Charmed . I ' m Captain Y ' ang - Yeovil . How nice of you to come and see me ,
Miss Wednesbury . You ' ve saved me a long , hard search . ” " B - But I don ' t
understand . What were you doing on the Spanish Stairs ? Why were you hunting
- ?
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Bibliographic information
| 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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