The Stars My DestinationOfficially designated as lacking education, skills, merits or recommendations, Gully Foyle has managed to survive for 170 days in the airless purgatory of deep space after the wreck of his ship, and has escaped to Earth carrying a murderous grudge and secret that could change the course of history. |
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... Planets - Venus , Terra and Mars - and the Outer Satellites . . . a war brought on by the economic and political pressures of teleportation . Until the Jaunte Age dawned , the three Inner Planets ( and the Moon ) had lived in delicate ...
... Planets - Venus , Terra and Mars - and the Outer Satellites . . . a war brought on by the economic and political pressures of teleportation . Until the Jaunte Age dawned , the three Inner Planets ( and the Moon ) had lived in delicate ...
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... planetary disc to the naked eye . With any luck he could make a course for Jupiter and rescue . Jupiter was not ... Planets . He would be a war prisoner , but he had to stay alive to settle accounts with " Vorga - T : 1339 . " Foyle ...
... planetary disc to the naked eye . With any luck he could make a course for Jupiter and rescue . Jupiter was not ... Planets . He would be a war prisoner , but he had to stay alive to settle accounts with " Vorga - T : 1339 . " Foyle ...
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... Planets perforce followed suit . Industries , trades , sciences , skills , and professions were drafted ; regula- tions and oppressions followed . The armies and navies requisitioned and commanded . Commerce obeyed , for this war ( like ...
... Planets perforce followed suit . Industries , trades , sciences , skills , and professions were drafted ; regula- tions and oppressions followed . The armies and navies requisitioned and commanded . Commerce obeyed , for this war ( like ...
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aboard Nomad accelerated Alfred Bester answered asked asteroid asteroid belt Baker began Bester Black Rod Blue Jaunte body Burning clan corridor Dagenham damned darkness disappeared door exclaimed explosion eyes face Forrest Four Mile Circus Fourmyle of Ceres Foyle turned Foyle's freaks gave the order girl going Gouffre Martel Gully Foyle head Heinlein hell hospital hundred Inner Planets jaunte stage Jisbella Joseph Kempsey laughed Lindsey Joyce listen locker looked Mare Nubium Mars Miss Robin Miss Wednesbury never novel Old St Olivia Presteign opened Outer Satellites Pat's pits PyrE Quatt roared Robin Wednesbury robot Saul Dagenham science fiction screamed Sheffield ship shook shouted Sigurd Skoptsy smiled space spacesuit Spanish Stairs Stars My Destination stopped talk tank tattooed telepath teleport tell There's thrust tiger tiger mask took trying voice Vorga waiting wall Weekender What's whispered Y'ang-Yeovil yawl Yeovil