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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He had been content to drift from moment to moment of existence for thirty years
like some heavily armored creature , sluggish and indifferentGully Foyle , the
stereotype Common Man - but now he was adrift in space for one hundred and ...
He had been content to drift from moment to moment of existence for thirty years
like some heavily armored creature , sluggish and indifferentGully Foyle , the
stereotype Common Man - but now he was adrift in space for one hundred and ...
Page 133
The money to go to charity , Fourmyle ? ” “ Certainly not . You know my slogan :
Not one cent for entropy . Do I hear a hundred credits for this expensive and
lovely creature ? One hundred , gentlemen ? She ' s all beauty and highly
adaptable .
The money to go to charity , Fourmyle ? ” “ Certainly not . You know my slogan :
Not one cent for entropy . Do I hear a hundred credits for this expensive and
lovely creature ? One hundred , gentlemen ? She ' s all beauty and highly
adaptable .
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They were six hundred thousand miles from ' Nomad ' . ” “ Six hundred thous — ?
” “ “ Nomad ' was too far out of the shipping lanes . They wanted you to drift where
ships would pass . They took you six hundred thousand miles sunward and ...
They were six hundred thousand miles from ' Nomad ' . ” “ Six hundred thous — ?
” “ “ Nomad ' was too far out of the shipping lanes . They wanted you to drift where
ships would pass . They took you six hundred thousand miles sunward and ...
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| 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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