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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Then he 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 ?
Then he 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 81
Both sighed . “ It's clean , ” Foyle said . “ Clean . He did the job . ” Suddenly he
leaned further forward and inspected himself more closely . His face looked new
to him , as new as it looked to Jisbella . “ I'm changed . I don't remember looking ...
Both sighed . “ It's clean , ” Foyle said . “ Clean . He did the job . ” Suddenly he
leaned further forward and inspected himself more closely . His face looked new
to him , as new as it looked to Jisbella . “ I'm changed . I don't remember looking ...
Page 103
Robin 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 months to ...
Robin 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 months to ...
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User Review - Bart - GoodreadsThis book was published in 1956 – a time when traveling to the moon would still be science fiction for quite a few years. Many of its ideas were astonishing then and its plot of blind revenge ... Read full review
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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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