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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... looked again . It was still a spaceship , stern rockets flaring as it accelerated on a sunward course which must pass him . He discussed the illusion with Eternity . " Six months already , " he said in his gutter tongue . " Is it now ...
... looked again . It was still a spaceship , stern rockets flaring as it accelerated on a sunward course which must pass him . He discussed the illusion with Eternity . " Six months already , " he said in his gutter tongue . " Is it now ...
Page 43
... looked sufficiently unsettled by the conversation and the laughter which he did not understand . He tried a direct thrust . " When will you be finished with Foyle ? " he asked . " What Foyle ? " Sheffield cut in . " What Foyle have you ...
... looked sufficiently unsettled by the conversation and the laughter which he did not understand . He tried a direct thrust . " When will you be finished with Foyle ? " he asked . " What Foyle ? " Sheffield cut in . " What Foyle have you ...
Page 103
... looked at him in horror . The passion that gripped him was making his face once again show the scarlet stigmata . He looked like a tiger closing in for the kill . " I've got a fortune to spend never mind how I got it . I've got three ...
... looked at him in horror . The passion that gripped him was making his face once again show the scarlet stigmata . He looked like a tiger closing in for the kill . " I've got a fortune to spend never mind how I got it . I've got three ...
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