The Stars My DestinationGully Foyle, Mechanic's Mate 3rd Class, is the only survivor on his drifting, wrecked spaceship. When another space vessel, the Vorga, ignores his distress flares and sails by, Foyle becomes a man obsessed with revenge. He endures 170 days alone in deep space before finding refuge on the Sargasso Asteroid and then returning to Earth to track down the crew and owners of the Vorga. But, as he works out his murderous grudge, Foyle also uncovers a secret of momentous proportions. |
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We ' ll never make it . " " Guess not . Was just practicing m ' brain . Should we start
a racket ? Make a noise so they can track us by G - phone ? " “ They ' d never
hear us . . . Never find us in time . ” “ We could make enough noise . You could ...
We ' ll never make it . " " Guess not . Was just practicing m ' brain . Should we start
a racket ? Make a noise so they can track us by G - phone ? " “ They ' d never
hear us . . . Never find us in time . ” “ We could make enough noise . You could ...
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Never took my head out of the hypno - oven . Kleinmann on Prestidigitation . " “
No , no , no ! " the hairy man bawled . “ How many times must I tell you ?
Prestidigitation is not sbeechmaking . Is magic . Dumbkopf ! You haff the wrong
hypnosis ...
Never took my head out of the hypno - oven . Kleinmann on Prestidigitation . " “
No , no , no ! " the hairy man bawled . “ How many times must I tell you ?
Prestidigitation is not sbeechmaking . Is magic . Dumbkopf ! You haff the wrong
hypnosis ...
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Never a fool , Miss Wednesbury , and never hateful . I don ' t know what ' s
happened to shatter your opinion of yourself , but I hope to restore it . So . . . you '
ve been deceived , have you ? By yourself , mostly ? We all do that . But you ' ve
been ...
Never a fool , Miss Wednesbury , and never hateful . I don ' t know what ' s
happened to shatter your opinion of yourself , but I hope to restore it . So . . . you '
ve been deceived , have you ? By yourself , mostly ? We all do that . But you ' ve
been ...
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Get used to the language and keep reading. Lovely book that is the reason I read science fiction. Take it home and lose yourself in this new world. Read it and love it. Everything by Bester is fantastic.
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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 |
| Authors | Alfred Bester, Alex Eisenstein |
| Editors | Alex Eisenstein, Phyllis Eisenstein |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Vintage Books, 1996 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 9 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0679767800, 9780679767800 |
| Length | 258 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Science Fiction / General |
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