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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Then don ' t tell me . ” “ But I ' ve got to find my mother and ... Robin took a deep
breath . “ I want to tell you about a man named Gulliver ... Presteign refrained
from telling her that she would be safer with him . “ I ' m lonely , Olivia . We ' ll talk
for ...
Then don ' t tell me . ” “ But I ' ve got to find my mother and ... Robin took a deep
breath . “ I want to tell you about a man named Gulliver ... Presteign refrained
from telling her that she would be safer with him . “ I ' m lonely , Olivia . We ' ll talk
for ...
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Look , I know all about those big hairy men who pretend to be you , but I won ' t
tell . Read me and see . ” “ You ' re going to hurt him and y - you want me to tell
him . ” “ Who ? " “ The captain - man . The Skl - Skot - ” The child fumbled with the
...
Look , I know all about those big hairy men who pretend to be you , but I won ' t
tell . Read me and see . ” “ You ' re going to hurt him and y - you want me to tell
him . ” “ Who ? " “ The captain - man . The Skl - Skot - ” The child fumbled with the
...
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Tell her I ' m the man she wouldn ' t pick up on September 16 , 2436 . ... Tell her I '
ve got a stateroom aboard my yawl , fitted up just like my locker aboard ' Nomad '
where I rotted for six months . . . where she ordered ' Vorga ' to leave me to die ...
Tell her I ' m the man she wouldn ' t pick up on September 16 , 2436 . ... Tell her I '
ve got a stateroom aboard my yawl , fitted up just like my locker aboard ' Nomad '
where I rotted for six months . . . where she ordered ' Vorga ' to leave me to die ...
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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 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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