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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... learned something about theoretical gravity . If he could put the Nomad into a spin , cen- trifugal force would impart enough gravitation to the ship to draw fuel down into the combustion chamber of the jet . If he could fire the ...
... learned something about theoretical gravity . If he could put the Nomad into a spin , cen- trifugal force would impart enough gravitation to the ship to draw fuel down into the combustion chamber of the jet . If he could fire the ...
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... learned Mencius and belonged to the Intel- ligence Tong of the Inner Planets Armed Forces . For two hundred years the IPAF had entrusted its intelligence work to the Chinese who , with a five thousand - year history of cultivated ...
... learned Mencius and belonged to the Intel- ligence Tong of the Inner Planets Armed Forces . For two hundred years the IPAF had entrusted its intelligence work to the Chinese who , with a five thousand - year history of cultivated ...
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... learned the records by heart , every word , every click and crack in the tapes . He learned to loathe the voices of the lec- turers : the Understanding Baritone , the Cheerful Tenor , 72 ALFRED BESTER.
... learned the records by heart , every word , every click and crack in the tapes . He learned to loathe the voices of the lec- turers : the Understanding Baritone , the Cheerful Tenor , 72 ALFRED BESTER.
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aboard Nomad accelerated Alfred Bester answered asked asteroid Baker began Black Rod Blue Jaunte body Bunny burning Callisto clan corridor Dagenham damned darkness disappeared door exclaimed explosion eyes face Forrest Four Mile Circus Fourmyle of Ceres Foyle muttered Foyle turned Foyle's freaks girl going Gouffre Martel Gully Foyle head hell hundred hurt Inner Planets jaunte stage Jisbella Jóseph Kempsey laughed light Lindsey Joyce listen locker looked Mare Nubium Mars Miss Robin Miss Wednesbury never Old St Olivia Presteign opened Orel Outer Satellites Pat's pits PyrE Quatt roared Robin Wednesbury robot safe Saul screamed Sheffield ship shook shot shouted Sigurd Skoptsy smiled space spacesuit Spanish Stairs Star Chamber stared Stars My Destination stopped talk tank tattooing telepath teleport tell There's thrust tiger tiger mask took trying voice Vorga waiting wall Weekender What's whispered Y'ang-Yeovil yawl Yeovil