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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... Thrust was still liquid , but it would not flow . In free - fall there was no gravity to draw the fuel down the pipes . Foyle studied a space manual and learned something about theoretical gravity . If he could put the " Nomad " into a ...
... Thrust was still liquid , but it would not flow . In free - fall there was no gravity to draw the fuel down the pipes . Foyle studied a space manual and learned something about theoretical gravity . If he could put the " Nomad " into a ...
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... thrust with their own jets . Landing space- craft cut drive jets and rode the same beams downward into the pits . As the Presteign entourage entered the Vancouver yards they could see which of the pits were in use . From some the noses ...
... thrust with their own jets . Landing space- craft cut drive jets and rode the same beams downward into the pits . As the Presteign entourage entered the Vancouver yards they could see which of the pits were in use . From some the noses ...
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... thrust of energy and a prayer . An icy nor'easter was blowing in from Block Island and sweeping brittle ice crystals across the stage on the site of a medieval ruin known as Fisher's folly . There was another figure on the stage . Foyle ...
... thrust of energy and a prayer . An icy nor'easter was blowing in from Block Island and sweeping brittle ice crystals across the stage on the site of a medieval ruin known as Fisher's folly . There was another figure on the stage . Foyle ...
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