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Stars My Destination
Alfred Bester
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Description for Stars My Destination
Paperback. One of the very best must-read SF novels of all time. Series: S.F. Masterworks. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246.
Gully Foyle, Mechanic's Mate 3rd Class.
EDUCATION: none
SKILLS: none
MERITS: none
RECOMMENDATIONS: none
That's the official verdict on Gully Foyle, unskilled space crewman.
But right now he is the only survivor on his drifting, wrecked spaceship, and when another space vessel - the Vorga - ignores his distress flares and sails by, Gully becomes obsessed with revenge. He endures 170 days alone in deep space before finding refuge on the Sargasso Asteroid and returning to Earth to track down the crew and owners of the Vorga. But, as he works out his murderous grudge, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Gateway
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
S.F. Masterworks
Condition
New
Weight
246g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780575094192
SKU
V9780575094192
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Ref
99-50
About Alfred Bester
Alfred Bester (1913-1987) was born in New York and educated at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia. He was a scriptwriter and journalist by profession but he set the science fiction world alight in the 1950s with THE DEMOLISHED MAN, THE STARS MY DESTINATION and his extraordinary short stories. He blazed a trail for the SF New Wave of the ... Read more
Reviews for Stars My Destination
you can see seeds of science fiction's next half century sprinkled throughout its pacy. compulsive narrative
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