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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The sodium ignited when it touched the water and flared with high heat . The heat
touched off the HiThrust which burst in a needle flame from the petcock . Foyle
closed the petcock with a wrench . The ignition held in the chamber and the lone
...
The sodium ignited when it touched the water and flared with high heat . The heat
touched off the HiThrust which burst in a needle flame from the petcock . Foyle
closed the petcock with a wrench . The ignition held in the chamber and the lone
...
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I ' m touched , really touched . ” “ You ' re insane to be standing out here like this .
I beg you to let me , ” “ No , no , no . It ' s beautiful . . . Magnificent ! " “ Let me
jaunte with you to some place that ' s safe . ” " Ah , you see yourself as a knight in
...
I ' m touched , really touched . ” “ You ' re insane to be standing out here like this .
I beg you to let me , ” “ No , no , no . It ' s beautiful . . . Magnificent ! " “ Let me
jaunte with you to some place that ' s safe . ” " Ah , you see yourself as a knight in
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Smell was touch . . . Hot stone smelled like velvet caressing his cheek . Smoke
and ash were harsh tweeds rasping his skin , almost the feel of wet canvas .
Molten metal smelled like blow hammering his heart , and the ionization of the
PyrE ...
Smell was touch . . . Hot stone smelled like velvet caressing his cheek . Smoke
and ash were harsh tweeds rasping his skin , almost the feel of wet canvas .
Molten metal smelled like blow hammering his heart , and the ionization of the
PyrE ...
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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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