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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Lost in space aboard a doomed starship , he is impelled with the native wit of a
blind beggar toward whatever life there may be left among the cold stars of the
galaxy . Saved and back on Earth , he runs afoul of . . . dangers more terrible than
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Lost in space aboard a doomed starship , he is impelled with the native wit of a
blind beggar toward whatever life there may be left among the cold stars of the
galaxy . Saved and back on Earth , he runs afoul of . . . dangers more terrible than
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With the sun on his right and the stars on his left , Foyle shot aft toward the galley
storeroom . Halfway down the corridor he passed a door frame still standing
foursquare between deck and roof . The leaf still hung on its hinges , halfopen , a
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With the sun on his right and the stars on his left , Foyle shot aft toward the galley
storeroom . Halfway down the corridor he passed a door frame still standing
foursquare between deck and roof . The leaf still hung on its hinges , halfopen , a
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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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