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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The locker was four feet wide , four feet deep and nine feet high . It was the size
of a giant ' s coffin . Six hundred years before , it had been judged the most
exquisite Oriental torture to imprison a man in a cage that size for a few weeks .
The locker was four feet wide , four feet deep and nine feet high . It was the size
of a giant ' s coffin . Six hundred years before , it had been judged the most
exquisite Oriental torture to imprison a man in a cage that size for a few weeks .
Page 108
He settled on a four - acre meadow facing Lake Michigan and rented it for an
exorbitant fee . He was followed by a gang of surveyors from the Mason & Dixon
clan . In twenty minutes the surveyors had laid out a camp site and the word was
...
He settled on a four - acre meadow facing Lake Michigan and rented it for an
exorbitant fee . He was followed by a gang of surveyors from the Mason & Dixon
clan . In twenty minutes the surveyors had laid out a camp site and the word was
...
Page 115
But the local Mr . Presto had evidently witnessed the arrival of the Four Mile
Circus and recog . nized him . Foyle at once awoke from his detached intensity
and became the outlandish Fourmyle of Ceres . He clowned and cavorted ,
bought a ...
But the local Mr . Presto had evidently witnessed the arrival of the Four Mile
Circus and recog . nized him . Foyle at once awoke from his detached intensity
and became the outlandish Fourmyle of Ceres . He clowned and cavorted ,
bought a ...
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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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