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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of the clan Presteign , owned carriages , cars , yachts , planes , and trains . His
position in society was so lofty that he had not jaunted in forty years . Secretly he
scorned the bustling new - rich like the Dagenhams and Sheffields who still ...
of the clan Presteign , owned carriages , cars , yachts , planes , and trains . His
position in society was so lofty that he had not jaunted in forty years . Secretly he
scorned the bustling new - rich like the Dagenhams and Sheffields who still ...
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Visitor badges were distributed to the party , and even Presteign of Presteign
received a badge . He dutifully pinned it on for he well knew what the result of
entry without such a protective badge would be . The entourage continued ,
winding its ...
Visitor badges were distributed to the party , and even Presteign of Presteign
received a badge . He dutifully pinned it on for he well knew what the result of
entry without such a protective badge would be . The entourage continued ,
winding its ...
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Come , sirs , ” Presteign.protested . " We are reaffirming a three thousand - year
blood feud , " Yang - Yeovil explained to Presteign , who looked sufficiently
unsettled by the conversation and the laughter which he did not understand . He
tried a ...
Come , sirs , ” Presteign.protested . " We are reaffirming a three thousand - year
blood feud , " Yang - Yeovil explained to Presteign , who looked sufficiently
unsettled by the conversation and the laughter which he did not understand . He
tried a ...
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| Title | The Stars My Destination (The Gregg Press S.F. Series) The Gregg Press science fiction series |
| Author | Alfred Bester |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Gregg Press, 1975 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 9 Aug 2011 |
| ISBN | 0839823002, 9780839823001 |
| Length | 197 pages |
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