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 was so crippled that she avoided him easily. She opened her mouth and let
out a piercing scream. At thaLmoment a mighty clangor filled the launch; it was
JSseph and his devil-faced Scientific People outside, banging on the metal hull, ...
He was so crippled that she avoided him easily. She opened her mouth and let
out a piercing scream. At thaLmoment a mighty clangor filled the launch; it was
JSseph and his devil-faced Scientific People outside, banging on the metal hull, ...
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Foyle opened one a crack. It led out to the north corridor. He closed it, leaped
across the room and tried the other. It opened onto a jaunte- proof maze. Foyle
slipped through the door and entered the maze. Without a guide to lead him
through ...
Foyle opened one a crack. It led out to the north corridor. He closed it, leaped
across the room and tried the other. It opened onto a jaunte- proof maze. Foyle
slipped through the door and entered the maze. Without a guide to lead him
through ...
Page 120
Robin uttered a cry and opened the locket with trembling fingers. Inside was her
picture and the pictures of two other girls. As the locket was opened, the 3D
photos smiled and whispered: "Love from Robin, Mama . . . Love from Holly,
Mama .
Robin uttered a cry and opened the locket with trembling fingers. Inside was her
picture and the pictures of two other girls. As the locket was opened, the 3D
photos smiled and whispered: "Love from Robin, Mama . . . Love from Holly,
Mama .
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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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Bibliographic information
| Title | The stars my destination |
| Author | Alfred Bester |
| Edition | reissue |
| Publisher | Berkley Books, 1981 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 30 Jun 2010 |
| Length | 235 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Science Fiction / Adventure Fiction / Science Fiction / General Science fiction |
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