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The experimenters sealed Jaunte into an unbreakable crystal tank . They opened a water valve , feeding water into the tank , and let Jaunte watch them smash the valve handle . It was impossible to open the tank ; it was impossible to ...
The experimenters sealed Jaunte into an unbreakable crystal tank . They opened a water valve , feeding water into the tank , and let Jaunte watch them smash the valve handle . It was impossible to open the tank ; it was impossible to ...
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He groped in the dark for the air tank which shared his coffin with him and checked it . The tank was empty . Another would have to be moved in at once . So this day would commence with an extra skirmish with death which Foyle accepted ...
He groped in the dark for the air tank which shared his coffin with him and checked it . The tank was empty . Another would have to be moved in at once . So this day would commence with an extra skirmish with death which Foyle accepted ...
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He guided the tank down the main - deck corridor and bulled it into the tool locker . He slammed the locker door , dogged it , found a hammer on a shelf and swung it thrice against the frozen tank to loosen the valve .
He guided the tank down the main - deck corridor and bulled it into the tool locker . He slammed the locker door , dogged it , found a hammer on a shelf and swung it thrice against the frozen tank to loosen the valve .
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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 |
| Author | Alfred Bester |
| Publisher | New American Library, 1961 |
| Length | 197 pages |
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