the stars are my destination

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"...The key turned in the lock of his soul and the door was opened. What emerged expunged the Common Man forever."

Gully Foyle. Uneducated. No skills. No merits. No recommendations. A short

description given by the author Alfred Bester of his main character as the stereotypical Common Man of humanity. A man who later motivated himself to become something more than just a 'mere' man. Within the few pages of just the first chapter, Bester had pulled me into the diluted, freakish mind of Gully Foyle.

As the story began, Gulliver Foyle was awaiting death aboard the wreckaged ship NOMAD in deep space. It's been six months since the NOMAD was left out to rust. Foyle just happened to be the sole survivor. Until one day, a sister ship to the NOMAD, VORGA managed to cross paths with the wreckage. Foyle did everything he could to send out rescue signals. But alas, his actions were wasted time and effort, for she had rejected him. And thus began his quest for vengeance upon the VORGA.

As his ship drifted out further into space, Foyle had spent his entire time aboard not welcoming death anymore. Instead he was now obsessing hi


In the ten months Foyle spent at the underground hospital, he befriended another

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inmate. A woman by the name of Jisbella McQueen. She was in for five years on the account of larceny. With Jis, they worked as a team to escape and traveled back to the NOMAD before Dagenham and company would find it. Through Jis' underground connections, Foyle went through surgical procedure to remove all the color pigment off his tattooed face. His face returned to normal, but at times when he was overwhelmed with emotions, his face would turn flaming red at where the tattoo use to be. It was his permanent curse for life. Over time, Jis had convinced Foyle that his actions towards VORGA were not justified. He approached the whole issue in the wrong way. It wasn't VORGA who ignored his cry for help, but the person who was gave the orders to disregard his plea. And with this new perspective and physical identity, Foyle began collecting information the smart way: by inquiring about the crew who were onboard that



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