The Stars My Destination
by Alfred Bester
ISBN: 0899683282
ISBN-13: 9780899683287
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
Gully Foyle has survived for 170 days in the airless purgatory of deep space. He escapes to Terra with a murderous grudge against the people who abandoned him and a secret that makes him the most valuable-and dangerous-man on Earth.
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"Considered by many to be the greatest single SF novel." -- Samuel R. Delany
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Publisher: Lightyear Pr
Published date: 2007
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