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Page 16
"Deep space is my dwelling place." "Where are you bound?" "Death's my
destination." On the one hundred and seventy-first day of his fight for survival,
Foyle answered these questions and awoke. His heart hammered and his throat
burned.
"Deep space is my dwelling place." "Where are you bound?" "Death's my
destination." On the one hundred and seventy-first day of his fight for survival,
Foyle answered these questions and awoke. His heart hammered and his throat
burned.
Page 17
Once a week he endured this game of space roulette. There was a roaring in his
ears; the air in his spacesuit was rapidly going foul. He yanked the massy
cylinder toward the ballast hatch, ducked to let it sail over his head, then thrust
himself ...
Once a week he endured this game of space roulette. There was a roaring in his
ears; the air in his spacesuit was rapidly going foul. He yanked the massy
cylinder toward the ballast hatch, ducked to let it sail over his head, then thrust
himself ...
Page 19
Foyle pressed the button twice again, and twice more the flares flashed in space
while the radioactives incorporated in their combustion set up a static howl that
must register on any waveband of any receiver. The stranger's jets cut off. He had
...
Foyle pressed the button twice again, and twice more the flares flashed in space
while the radioactives incorporated in their combustion set up a static howl that
must register on any waveband of any receiver. The stranger's jets cut off. He had
...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The stars my destination |
| Author | Alfred Bester |
| Publisher | Bantam Books, 1970 |
| Length | 197 pages |
| Subjects | Science fiction |
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