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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... disappeared and there was a clap of thunder that knocked them to their feet . The entire building rocked from repeated explosions , and through the gaps in the walls uni- formed men began jaunting in from the streets outside , like ...
... disappeared and there was a clap of thunder that knocked them to their feet . The entire building rocked from repeated explosions , and through the gaps in the walls uni- formed men began jaunting in from the streets outside , like ...
Page 121
... disappeared behind the screen when another , even more famous , came clattering up in a vehicle even more fabulous . The Colas arrived in a band wagon . The Esso family ( six sons , three daughters ) was magnificent in a glass - topped ...
... disappeared behind the screen when another , even more famous , came clattering up in a vehicle even more fabulous . The Colas arrived in a band wagon . The Esso family ( six sons , three daughters ) was magnificent in a glass - topped ...
Page 170
... disappeared . " " Disappeared ? ” " You were gone . No more lights , no more broadcast . They came back to check . You were gone without a trace . And the next thing we learned . . . you got back aboard ' Nomad ' . " " Impossible ...
... disappeared . " " Disappeared ? ” " You were gone . No more lights , no more broadcast . They came back to check . You were gone without a trace . And the next thing we learned . . . you got back aboard ' Nomad ' . " " Impossible ...
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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