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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Page 97
Sound became a deep garble . Color shifted down the spectrum to the red . The
two assailants seemed to float toward him with dreamlike languor . To the rest of
the world Foyle became a blur of action . He sidestepped the blow inching toward
...
Sound became a deep garble . Color shifted down the spectrum to the red . The
two assailants seemed to float toward him with dreamlike languor . To the rest of
the world Foyle became a blur of action . He sidestepped the blow inching toward
...
Page 109
Far down on the sound spectrum he heard dull concussions . They were shots .
Quick projectiles laced toward ... The Cellar Christians were pouring up into the
house somewhere , emitting the sounds of martyrs . " Wait here , ” Foyle grunted .
Far down on the sound spectrum he heard dull concussions . They were shots .
Quick projectiles laced toward ... The Cellar Christians were pouring up into the
house somewhere , emitting the sounds of martyrs . " Wait here , ” Foyle grunted .
Page 176
He was trying to escape . Like a trapped firefly or some seabird caught in the
blazing brazier of a naked beacon fire , he was beating about in a frenzy . . . a
blackened , burning creature , dashing himself against the unknown . Sound
came as ...
He was trying to escape . Like a trapped firefly or some seabird caught in the
blazing brazier of a naked beacon fire , he was beating about in a frenzy . . . a
blackened , burning creature , dashing himself against the unknown . Sound
came as ...
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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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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Stars My Destination Volume 4815 of A Bantam book A Bantam book, H4815 |
| Author | Alfred Bester |
| Publisher | Bantam Books, 1970 |
| Length | 197 pages |
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