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The Stars, Like Dust

Authors:
Isaac Asimov (author) and Aura/Noao (covers)
Language:
English
Publisher:
Orb Publications
Categories:
Novel and science fiction
Universe:
Foundation
Series:
Trantorian Empire (1/3)
Publication year:
2009
Original publication year:
1951
ISBN:
978-0-7653-1915-9
Pages:
235
Synopsis:

Biron Farrill wakes up in his dorm room in the University of Earth to discover a radiation bomb. He then has to quickly escape and figure out who the assassin is.

The title is taken from a (fictional, to my best knowledge) poem:

"The stars, like dust, encircle me
In living mists of light;
And all of space I seem to see
In one vast burst of sight."

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Table of Contents:
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  1. The Bedroom Murmured
  2. The Net Across Space
  3. Chance and the Wrist Watch
  4. Free?
  5. Uneasy Lies the Head
  6. That Wears a Crown
  7. Musician of the Mind
  8. A Lady's Skirts
  9. And an Overlord's Trousers
  10. Maybe!
  11. And Maybe Not!
  12. The Autarch Comes
  13. The Autarch Remains
  14. The Autarch Leaves
  15. The Hole in Space
  16. Hounds!
  17. And Hares!
  18. Out of the Haws of Defeat!
  19. Defeat!
  20. Where?
  21. Here?
  22. There!
  • Afterword
  • About the Author

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