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 53
It was locked in the purser ' s safe . ” “ Twenty million , ” Foyle whispered . “ Give
or take a few thousand . The ship was insured , but that just means that the
underwriters , Bo ' ness and Uig , get the salvage rights and they ' re even
tougher than ...
It was locked in the purser ' s safe . ” “ Twenty million , ” Foyle whispered . “ Give
or take a few thousand . The ship was insured , but that just means that the
underwriters , Bo ' ness and Uig , get the salvage rights and they ' re even
tougher than ...
Page 71
You want his face cleaned up because you ' re interested in his face . ” “ Damn
you , Baker , will you do the job or not ? " " It ' ll cost five thousand . ” “ Break that
down . ” “ A thousand to synthesize the acid . Three thousand for the surgery .
You want his face cleaned up because you ' re interested in his face . ” “ Damn
you , Baker , will you do the job or not ? " " It ' ll cost five thousand . ” “ Break that
down . ” “ A thousand to synthesize the acid . Three thousand for the surgery .
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I ' ll pay fifty thousand . Don ' t you want fifty thousand ? You could spend
Sundays counting it . ” The needle hammered remorselessly . Foyle ' s body was
twitching at each impact . “ I already got fifty thousand . I got ten times that in cash
...
I ' ll pay fifty thousand . Don ' t you want fifty thousand ? You could spend
Sundays counting it . ” The needle hammered remorselessly . Foyle ' s body was
twitching at each impact . “ I already got fifty thousand . I got ten times that in cash
...
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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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