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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One minute was gone . He turned and propelled himself through the floating ... Two minutes were gone . Like all spaceships , “ Nomad " was ... Foyle took a minute disconnecting an air tank . He had no way of knowing whether it was full ...
One minute was gone . He turned and propelled himself through the floating ... Two minutes were gone . Like all spaceships , “ Nomad " was ... Foyle took a minute disconnecting an air tank . He had no way of knowing whether it was full ...
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He avoided physical contact with any person for more than five minutes per day . He could not occupy any room other than his own for more than thirty minutes day . Commanded and paid by the IP to isolate himself , Dagenham had abandoned ...
He avoided physical contact with any person for more than five minutes per day . He could not occupy any room other than his own for more than thirty minutes day . Commanded and paid by the IP to isolate himself , Dagenham had abandoned ...
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At the expiration of one minute it was still untainted . He continued to hold his breath , maintaining rigid control over pulse and muscle , mastering the strain with iron calm . At two minutes and twenty seconds the stigmata appeared ...
At the expiration of one minute it was still untainted . He continued to hold his breath , maintaining rigid control over pulse and muscle , mastering the strain with iron calm . At two minutes and twenty seconds the stigmata appeared ...
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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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