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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Foyle found the engine room manuals and studied them . He repaired the
connection between fuel tanks and the one jet chamber . The tanks were on the
sunside of the wreck and warmed above freezing point . The Hi - Thrust was still
liquid ...
Foyle found the engine room manuals and studied them . He repaired the
connection between fuel tanks and the one jet chamber . The tanks were on the
sunside of the wreck and warmed above freezing point . The Hi - Thrust was still
liquid ...
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one concentrated thrust of will and belief toward the target . He jaunted . There
was a dizzy moment in which his eyes blurred . The New York stage faded out of
focus ; the Philadelphia stage blurred into focus . There was a sensation of falling
...
one concentrated thrust of will and belief toward the target . He jaunted . There
was a dizzy moment in which his eyes blurred . The New York stage faded out of
focus ; the Philadelphia stage blurred into focus . There was a sensation of falling
...
Page 78
Foyle jaunted with a last 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 ...
Foyle jaunted with a last 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 ...
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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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