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 114
More than a century of jaunting had so mingled the many populations of the
world that racial types were disappearing . ... He jaunted to the door , closed it ,
jaunted back to his desk , bowed , indicated chairs , jaunted behind Robin's and
held it ...
More than a century of jaunting had so mingled the many populations of the
world that racial types were disappearing . ... He jaunted to the door , closed it ,
jaunted back to his desk , bowed , indicated chairs , jaunted behind Robin's and
held it ...
Page 179
He jaunted along the spacetime geodesics to Elsewheres and Elsewhens ,
translating “ i , ” the square root of minus one , from an imaginary number into
reality by a magnificent act of imagination . He jaunted . He jaunted back through
time to ...
He jaunted along the spacetime geodesics to Elsewheres and Elsewhens ,
translating “ i , ” the square root of minus one , from an imaginary number into
reality by a magnificent act of imagination . He jaunted . He jaunted back through
time to ...
Page 195
They can all turn uncommon if they're kicked awake like I was . Foyle shook
himself and abruptly jaunted to the bronze head of Eros , fifty feet above the
counter of Piccadilly Circus . He perched precariously and bawled : “ Listen a me
, all you !
They can all turn uncommon if they're kicked awake like I was . Foyle shook
himself and abruptly jaunted to the bronze head of Eros , fifty feet above the
counter of Piccadilly Circus . He perched precariously and bawled : “ Listen a me
, all you !
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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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