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 54
... darkness and solitary confinement so you can't jaunte out . They'll go through the motions of giving you shots and therapy , but you'll be rotting in the dark . You'll stay there and rot until you decide to talk . We'll keep you there ...
... darkness and solitary confinement so you can't jaunte out . They'll go through the motions of giving you shots and therapy , but you'll be rotting in the dark . You'll stay there and rot until you decide to talk . We'll keep you there ...
Page 55
... darkness , they were processed like beef in a slaughter house : cleansed , shaved , irradiated , disinfected , dosed , and inoculated . Their paper uniforms were removed and sent back to the shops to be pulped . New uniforms were issued ...
... darkness , they were processed like beef in a slaughter house : cleansed , shaved , irradiated , disinfected , dosed , and inoculated . Their paper uniforms were removed and sent back to the shops to be pulped . New uniforms were issued ...
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... darkness for the lifts by which soiled uniforms were removed and fresh uniforms is- sued . And in the darkness the automatic hands again soaped , sprayed and disinfected them . They could find nothing . The caterwauling of a siren ...
... darkness for the lifts by which soiled uniforms were removed and fresh uniforms is- sued . And in the darkness the automatic hands again soaped , sprayed and disinfected them . They could find nothing . The caterwauling of a siren ...
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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