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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Page 114
Sound and color leaped up the spectrum and the two jackals disappeared
through the crater and crashed into the apartment below . “ Was there a body ? ”
Foyle repeated gently . “ A Negro girl ? ” The woman was unintelligible . He took
her by ...
Sound and color leaped up the spectrum and the two jackals disappeared
through the crater and crashed into the apartment below . “ Was there a body ? ”
Foyle repeated gently . “ A Negro girl ? ” The woman was unintelligible . He took
her by ...
Page 158
Foyle had once seen the mutilated body of one of their party guests . He sighed
and detached his mind ... It was done without conscious thought or volition ; his
body merely followed the directive taped into muscle and reflex . He left six
bodies ...
Foyle had once seen the mutilated body of one of their party guests . He sighed
and detached his mind ... It was done without conscious thought or volition ; his
body merely followed the directive taped into muscle and reflex . He left six
bodies ...
Page 171
Foyle accelerated , blurred to the body , picked it up in mid - fall and carried it aft
to the starboard stateroom . There were two main staterooms in the yawl , and
Foyle had prepared both of them in advance . The starboard room had been ...
Foyle accelerated , blurred to the body , picked it up in mid - fall and carried it aft
to the starboard stateroom . There were two main staterooms in the yawl , and
Foyle had prepared both of them in advance . The starboard room had been ...
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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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