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The Stars My Destination is a science fiction novel by American writer Alfred Bester. Its first publication was in book form in June 1956 in the United Kingdom, where it was titled Tiger! Tiger!, named after William Blake 's 1794 poem "The Tyger", the first verse of which is printed as the first page of the novel. [3] .
- Alfred Bester
- 1956
In this pulse-quickening novel, Alfred Bester imagines a future in which people "jaunte" a thousand miles with a single thought, where the rich barricade themselves in labyrinths and protect themselves with radioactive hitmen—and where an inarticulate outcast is the most valuable and dangerous man alive. The Stars My Destination is a classic ...
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- Alfred Bester
Jun 30, 2011 · But Bester is best known for his science-fiction novels, and The Stars My Destination may be his finest creation. With its sly potshotting at corporate skullduggery, The Stars My Destination seems utterly contemporary, and has maintained its status as an underground classic for fifty years.
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- Alfred Bester
- Alfred Bester
- 1956
Jun 6, 2011 · The Stars My Destination. Alfred Bester. ibooks, Jun 6, 2011 - Fiction - 236 pages. #5 in the Millennium SF Masterworks series, a library of the finest science fiction ever written.
- Alfred Bester
- ibooks, 2011
- reprint
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.
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- Alfred Bester
A comprehensive analysis of Alfred Bester's SF masterwork, exploring its style, influences, intertextuality, affect, and innovation. The book argues that Stars foresaw the science fictionalization of our world and the decline of SF as a genre.
Alfred Bester. Vintage Books, 1996 - Fiction - 258 pages. Gully Foyle, Mechanic's Mate 3rd Class, is the only survivor on his drifting, wrecked spaceship. When another space vessel, the...
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