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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... minutes ? Five minutes ? How would he die ? " In 1956 , after completing The Stars My Destination , Bester , who had been doing some articles for Holiday Magazine on foreign television , was invited to return to the United States and ...
... minutes ? Five minutes ? How would he die ? " In 1956 , after completing The Stars My Destination , Bester , who had been doing some articles for Holiday Magazine on foreign television , was invited to return to the United States and ...
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... minutes in vacuum • • no more . Foyle opened the locker door and plunged out into the black frost of space . The air ... minutes were gone . Like all spaceships , " Nomad " was ballasted and stiffened with the mass of her gas tanks laid ...
... minutes in vacuum • • no more . Foyle opened the locker door and plunged out into the black frost of space . The air ... minutes were gone . Like all spaceships , " Nomad " was ballasted and stiffened with the mass of her gas tanks laid ...
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... minutes per day . He could not occupy any room other than his own for more than thirty minutes a day . Com- manded and paid by the IP to isolate himself , Dagenham had abandoned research and built the colossus of Dagenham Couriers , 45.
... minutes per day . He could not occupy any room other than his own for more than thirty minutes a day . Com- manded and paid by the IP to isolate himself , Dagenham had abandoned research and built the colossus of Dagenham Couriers , 45.
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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