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"A woman from another planet with white skin and hair is kidnapped from the back room of a restaurant by two other women. They are beings capable of using “pain phases” and “pleasure phases” and they use these abilities to torture her. At the end of the book she is very injured, but is healed by a lover using pleasure phases. "
April 11, 2026
The Stars My Destination
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The Stars My Destination

Alfred Bester

1956
4.2
25 editions
Alfred Bester's The stars my destination
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Alfred Bester's The stars my destination

Alfred Bester

2012
4.2
1 edition
The Star's My Destination, Volume 1
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The Star's My Destination, Volume 1

Alfred Bester

1979
4.2
1 edition
No Cover
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Alfred Bester's the Stars My Destination. Vol 1

Alfred Bester

1979
4.2
1 edition
The Left Hand of Darkness
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The Left Hand of Darkness

Ursula K. Le Guin

1969
4.2
91 editions
Earthsea & The Left Hand of Darkness
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Earthsea & The Left Hand of Darkness

Ursula K. Le Guin

2016
4.2
1 edition
The Left Hand of Darkness/The Word for World Is Forest/The Dispossessed
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The Left Hand of Darkness/The Word for World Is Forest/The Dispossessed

Ursula K. Le Guin

2008
4.2
1 edition
Ursula K. Le Guin: Hainish Novels and Stories Vol. 1 (LOA #296): Rocannon's World / Planet of Exile / City of Illusions / The Left Hand of  Darkness / ... of America Ursula K. Le Guin Edition)
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Ursula K. Le Guin: Hainish Novels and Stories Vol. 1 (LOA #296): Rocannon's World / Planet of Exile / City of Illusions / The Left Hand of Darkness / ... of America Ursula K. Le Guin Edition)

Ursula K. Le Guin

2017
4.2
1 edition
City of Illusions/Planet of Exile/Rocannon's World/The Left Hand of Darkness/The Word for World Is Forest
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City of Illusions/Planet of Exile/Rocannon's World/The Left Hand of Darkness/The Word for World Is Forest

Ursula K. Le Guin

2001
4.2
2 editions
Kindred
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Kindred

Octavia E. Butler, Damian Duffy, John Jennings, María Barbado Mujica

2017
4.2
5 editions
The Sparrow
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The Sparrow

Mary Doria Russell

1996
4.2
19 editions
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