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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... wall and realized they had reached the dead end of the corridor . They were boxed , trapped . " What now ? " " Don't ... wall against which they were leaning . He felt the checkerboard indentations of mortar seams . " Bulletin from G ...
... wall and realized they had reached the dead end of the corridor . They were boxed , trapped . " What now ? " " Don't ... wall against which they were leaning . He felt the checkerboard indentations of mortar seams . " Bulletin from G ...
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... wall . He swung in steady rhythm , grunting and gasping . The steel sledge struck the wall with the blunt concussion of stones struck under water . " They're coming , " Jiz said . “ I hear them . ' 99 The blunt blows took on a crumbling ...
... wall . He swung in steady rhythm , grunting and gasping . The steel sledge struck the wall with the blunt concussion of stones struck under water . " They're coming , " Jiz said . “ I hear them . ' 99 The blunt blows took on a crumbling ...
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... wall . Before them were the Trenton rocket pits , and as they gasped for breath , Jiz saw a freighter come sliding down an anti - grav beam into a waiting pit . Its portholes blazed and its recognition signals blinked like a lurid neon ...
... wall . Before them were the Trenton rocket pits , and as they gasped for breath , Jiz saw a freighter come sliding down an anti - grav beam into a waiting pit . Its portholes blazed and its recognition signals blinked like a lurid neon ...
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