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 135
More than a century of jaunting had so mingled the many populations of the
world that racial types were disappearing . ... He jaunted to the door , closed it ,
jaunted back to his desk , bowed , indicated chairs , jaunted behind Robin ' s and
held ...
More than a century of jaunting had so mingled the many populations of the
world that racial types were disappearing . ... He jaunted to the door , closed it ,
jaunted back to his desk , bowed , indicated chairs , jaunted behind Robin ' s and
held ...
Page 214
He jaunted along the space - time geodesics to Elsewheres and Elsean
imaginary number into reality by a magnificent act of imagination . He jaunted .
He jaunted back through time to his past . He became the Burning Man who had
inspired ...
He jaunted along the space - time geodesics to Elsewheres and Elsean
imaginary number into reality by a magnificent act of imagination . He jaunted .
He jaunted back through time to his past . He became the Burning Man who had
inspired ...
Page 232
Foyle shook himself and abruptly jaunted to the bronze head of Eros , fifty feet
above the counter of Piccadilly Circus . He perched precariously and bawled : “
Listen a me , all you ! Listen , man ! Gonna sermonize , me . Dig this , you ! ” He
was ...
Foyle shook himself and abruptly jaunted to the bronze head of Eros , fifty feet
above the counter of Piccadilly Circus . He perched precariously and bawled : “
Listen a me , all you ! Listen , man ! Gonna sermonize , me . Dig this , you ! ” He
was ...
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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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