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
You'll be kept in permanent 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'll be kept in permanent 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 ...
Page 55
Here , still in 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 ...
Here , still in 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 ...
Page 64
They searched through the darkness for the lifts by which soiled uniforms were
removed and fresh uniforms issued . And in the darkness the automatic hands
again soaped , sprayed and disinfected them . They could find nothing .
They searched through the darkness for the lifts by which soiled uniforms were
removed and fresh uniforms issued . And in the darkness the automatic hands
again soaped , sprayed and disinfected them . They could find nothing .
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Bibliographic information
| 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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