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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
The Stars My Destination is a classic of technological prophecy and timeless narrative enchantment by an acknowledged master of science fiction. Genres Science Fiction Fiction Classics Cyberpunk Science Fiction Fantasy Space Opera Fantasy. ...more. 258 pages, Hardcover.
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- Paperback
- Alfred Bester
A man named Gulliver Foyle is abandoned in space and seeks revenge on those who betrayed him. He becomes a wealthy and powerful aristocrat, but also a target of a cult and a new form of teleportation.
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
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
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.
- Alfred Bester
Jan 1, 1999 · The novel which in large part inspired both the cyberpunk movement of the 1980s and the science fiction New Wave of the 1960s, THE STARS MY DESTINATION has an unrivalled claim to be the most influential sf book of all time.
- Alfred Bester
