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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And if you knew where you were but intended to jaunte to a place you had never
seen , you would never arrive alive . One cannot jaunte from an unknown
departure point to an unknown destination . Both must be known , memorized
and ...
And if you knew where you were but intended to jaunte to a place you had never
seen , you would never arrive alive . One cannot jaunte from an unknown
departure point to an unknown destination . Both must be known , memorized
and ...
Page 40
It was as impossible to jaunte from an undetermined starting point as it was to
arrive at an unknown destination . ... He arrived . Black Rod and others of his staff
arrived a respectful moment later . So , in jauntes of one and two hundred miles ...
It was as impossible to jaunte from an undetermined starting point as it was to
arrive at an unknown destination . ... He arrived . Black Rod and others of his staff
arrived a respectful moment later . So , in jauntes of one and two hundred miles ...
Page 108
In twenty minutes the surveyors had laid out a camp site and the word was
spread that the Four Mile Circus was arriving . Locals from Wisconsin , Michigan ,
and Minnesota came to watch the fun . Twenty roustabouts jaunted in , each
carrying ...
In twenty minutes the surveyors had laid out a camp site and the word was
spread that the Four Mile Circus was arriving . Locals from Wisconsin , Michigan ,
and Minnesota came to watch the fun . Twenty roustabouts jaunted in , each
carrying ...
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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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