The Demolished Man"In a world in which the police have telepathic powers, how do you get away with murder? Ben Reichs heads a huge 24th century business empire, spanning the solar system. He is also an obsessed, driven man determined to murder a rival. To avoid capture, in a society where murderers can be detected even before they commit their crime, is the greatest challenge of his life."--Goodreads.com. |
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... Esper secretary unobtru- sively accompanied him like a trained dog . " Trained bitch ! " Reich thought . Then aloud ... Guild . An Esper 3 can peep the conscious level of a mind - can discover what a subject is thinking at the moment of ...
... Esper secretary unobtru- sively accompanied him like a trained dog . " Trained bitch ! " Reich thought . Then aloud ... Guild . An Esper 3 can peep the conscious level of a mind - can discover what a subject is thinking at the moment of ...
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... Guild doesn't like it , Ben . " " So what's so hot about the Esper Guild ? You know the value of money , success . . . Why don't you clever - up ? Why do you let the Guild do your thinking ? " " You don't understand . We're born in the ...
... Guild doesn't like it , Ben . " " So what's so hot about the Esper Guild ? You know the value of money , success . . . Why don't you clever - up ? Why do you let the Guild do your thinking ? " " You don't understand . We're born in the ...
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... Esper Patriots for five years . If you've peeped me deep enough you know why . I hate the damned Esper Guild as much as you do . Guild ethics are bad for business . . . lousy for making money . Your League is the organiza- tion that can ...
... Esper Patriots for five years . If you've peeped me deep enough you know why . I hate the damned Esper Guild as much as you do . Guild ethics are bad for business . . . lousy for making money . Your League is the organiza- tion that can ...
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apprehension asked Barbara D'Courtney Beaumont House Beck began Ben Reich booby-trap burst called Callisto cartridge catatonia Cathexis Chervil Chooka Frood's Crabbe crazy cried Dada damned dark Demolition desk dissension have begun door Duffy Esper Guild Extra Sensory Perception eyes face father floor girl going guests Gus Tate hand Hassop head hell Jackson Beck Jerry Church Jordan Jumper Keno Quizzard killed D'Courtney killer Kingston Hospital kins kissed laughed laughter Linc Lincoln Powell Listen looked Maria Beaumont Mars Mary Noyes mind Monarch mouth murder never nodded Old Man Mose orchid peep peeper picture police Powell's red envelope Reich growled Reich muttered Reich shouted Rhodopsin Santis Sardine Game scrambler screaming screen shook skyway smiled Snim Spaceland stared stars stopped talk Tate's telepathic tell Tension Tensor There's took trying turned v-phone voice Wait What's WWHG