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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She opened her mouth and let out a piercing scream . At that moment a mighty clangor filled the launch ; it was Joseph and his devil - faced Scientific People outside , banging on the metal hull , going through the ritual ...
She opened her mouth and let out a piercing scream . At that moment a mighty clangor filled the launch ; it was Joseph and his devil - faced Scientific People outside , banging on the metal hull , going through the ritual ...
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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 jaunteproof maze . Foyle slipped through the door and entered the maze .
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 jaunteproof maze . Foyle slipped through the door and entered the maze .
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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 ...
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 ...
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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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