Alfred Bester

2 Book Pack

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The Demolished Man

The Stars My Destination

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The Demolished Man

In the year 2301, guns are only museum pieces and benign telepaths sweep the minds of the

populace to detect crimes before they happen. In 2301 murder is virtually impossible,

but one man is about to change that ...

Ben Reich, a psychopathic business magnate, has devised the ultimate scheme to eliminate

the competition and destroy the order of his society. The Demolished Man is a masterpiece of

imaginative suspense, set in a superbly imagined world in which everything has changed

except the ancient instinct for murder

The Stars My Destination

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,

Gully Foyle also uncovers a secret of momentous proportions ...

2 Brand New B Format Paperbacks 20 cm x 13 cm

published by Gollancz