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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It had to be eaten at once , for the china surrogate of cups and plates was timed
to dissolve in fifteen minutes . At eight - thirty the cell door opened and Foyle and
hundreds of others shuffled blindly through the twisting corridors to Sanitation .
It had to be eaten at once , for the china surrogate of cups and plates was timed
to dissolve in fifteen minutes . At eight - thirty the cell door opened and Foyle and
hundreds of others shuffled blindly through the twisting corridors to Sanitation .
Page 83
once more possessed . He shot forward into the control cabin . So he returned to
the freak planetoid in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter , the Sargasso
planet manufactured of rock and wreckage and the spoils of space disaster ...
once more possessed . He shot forward into the control cabin . So he returned to
the freak planetoid in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter , the Sargasso
planet manufactured of rock and wreckage and the spoils of space disaster ...
Page 138
Y'ang - Yeovil at once got down to business . " Is it true he arrived by railroad ? ”
Olivia Presteign asked . “ In a locomotive and observation car ? What wonderful
audacity . " “ Yes , he's a remarkable young man , ” Presteign answered .
Y'ang - Yeovil at once got down to business . " Is it true he arrived by railroad ? ”
Olivia Presteign asked . “ In a locomotive and observation car ? What wonderful
audacity . " “ Yes , he's a remarkable young man , ” Presteign answered .
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| 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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