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The stars my destination : a novel

Author: Alfred Bester; Alex Eisenstein; Phyllis Eisenstein
Publisher: New York : iPicturebooks, [1996] ©1996
Edition/Format:  Print book : Fiction : English : Second trade paper editionView all editions and formats
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Gully Foyle, Mechanic's Mate 3rd Class, is the only survivor on his drifting, wrecked spaceship. When another space vessel, the Vorga, ignores his distress flares and sails by, Foyle becomes a man obsessed with revenge. He endures 170 days alone in deep space before finding refuge on the Sargasso Asteroid and then returning to Earth to track down the crew and owners of the Vorga. But, as he works out his murderous  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Fiction
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Alfred Bester; Alex Eisenstein; Phyllis Eisenstein
ISBN: 9781876963460 1876963468
OCLC Number: 1014219265
Description: vi, 234 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Responsibility: by Alfred Bester ; [introduction by Neil Gaiman ; compiled and edited by Alex and Phyllis Eisenstein].

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Gully Foyle, Mechanic's Mate 3rd Class, is the only survivor on his drifting, wrecked spaceship. When another space vessel, the Vorga, ignores his distress flares and sails by, Foyle becomes a man obsessed with revenge. He endures 170 days alone in deep space before finding refuge on the Sargasso Asteroid and then returning to Earth to track down the crew and owners of the Vorga. But, as he works out his murderous grudge, Foyle also uncovers a secret of momentous proportions.

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