The Stars My DestinationGully Foyle was catapulted into the middle of a nerve-shattering death struggle between the planets when he sought revenge against those who refused to save him from agonizing death in a space ship. |
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There were land riots as the jaunting poor deserted slums to squat in plains and
forests , raiding the livestock and wildlife . There was a revolution in home and
office building : labyrinths and masking devices had to be introduced to prevent ...
There were land riots as the jaunting poor deserted slums to squat in plains and
forests , raiding the livestock and wildlife . There was a revolution in home and
office building : labyrinths and masking devices had to be introduced to prevent ...
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Then there would be another distant explosion . Sometimes the suffering men
would turn on each other and then a savage fight would break out in Sanitation .
These were instantly broken up by the goggled guards , and the morning lecture
...
Then there would be another distant explosion . Sometimes the suffering men
would turn on each other and then a savage fight would break out in Sanitation .
These were instantly broken up by the goggled guards , and the morning lecture
...
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There ' s nothing much , ” he answered , looking around and wincing . “ There ' s
light all over the horizon . Quick clouds of it . Above , there ' s a . . . a sort of
sparkling effect . Like Christmas lights twinkling . ” “ Oh , you see so little with your
...
There ' s nothing much , ” he answered , looking around and wincing . “ There ' s
light all over the horizon . Quick clouds of it . Above , there ' s a . . . a sort of
sparkling effect . Like Christmas lights twinkling . ” “ Oh , you see so little with your
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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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