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 head of the Presteign clan was a familiar sight to New York jaunters . Iron gray , handsome , powerful , impeccably dressed and mannered in the old - fashioned style , Presteign of Presteign was the epitome of the socially elect ...
The head of the Presteign clan was a familiar sight to New York jaunters . Iron gray , handsome , powerful , impeccably dressed and mannered in the old - fashioned style , Presteign of Presteign was the epitome of the socially elect ...
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G- " Foyle grasped Dagenham's throat , dragged him down to the floor and hammered his head on the flagstones . Dagenham squirmed once and then was still . Foyle ripped the goggles off his face and put them on .
G- " Foyle grasped Dagenham's throat , dragged him down to the floor and hammered his head on the flagstones . Dagenham squirmed once and then was still . Foyle ripped the goggles off his face and put them on .
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Foyle lifted his head out of the water . “ What are you ? Loyal ? Crazy ? Scared ? Your kind would sell out for five thousand . I'm offering fifty . Fifty thousand for information , you son of a bitch , or you die slow and hard .
Foyle lifted his head out of the water . “ What are you ? Loyal ? Crazy ? Scared ? Your kind would sell out for five thousand . I'm offering fifty . Fifty thousand for information , you son of a bitch , or you die slow and hard .
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User Review - Bart - GoodreadsThis book was published in 1956 – a time when traveling to the moon would still be science fiction for quite a few years. Many of its ideas were astonishing then and its plot of blind revenge ... Read full review
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| Title | The Stars My Destination Berkeley 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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