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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Page 56
Then there would be another distant explosion . Sometimes the suffering men
would turn on each other and then a savage fight would break out in Sanitation .
These were instantly broken up by the goggled guards , and the morning lecture
...
Then there would be another distant explosion . Sometimes the suffering men
would turn on each other and then a savage fight would break out in Sanitation .
These were instantly broken up by the goggled guards , and the morning lecture
...
Page 57
There's an acoustical freak in Gouffre Martel they happen in underground caves
a freak of echoes , passages and whispering galleries . Old - timers call it the
Whisper Line . I never believed them . No on ever did , but it's true . We're talking
to ...
There's an acoustical freak in Gouffre Martel they happen in underground caves
a freak of echoes , passages and whispering galleries . Old - timers call it the
Whisper Line . I never believed them . No on ever did , but it's true . We're talking
to ...
Page 190
There was a sudden hush . “ Space - jaunting , ” Dagenham exclaimed . “
Impossible . You don't ... There's too much of value locked up in your head to be
lost by lobotomy . ” " We're beyond easy childish things like crime and
punishment ...
There was a sudden hush . “ Space - jaunting , ” Dagenham exclaimed . “
Impossible . You don't ... There's too much of value locked up in your head to be
lost by lobotomy . ” " We're beyond easy childish things like crime and
punishment ...
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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 (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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