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The stars my destination

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Vintage Books, 1956 - Fiction - 258 pages
Gully Foyle, Mechanic's Mate 3rd Class, is the only survivor on his drifting, wrecked spaceship. When another space vessel, the Vorga, ignores his distress flares and sails by, Foyle becomes a man obsessed with revenge. He endures 170 days alone in deep space before finding refuge on the Sargasso Asteroid and then returning to Earth to track down the crew and owners of the Vorga. But, as he works out his murderous grudge, Foyle also uncovers a secret of momentous proportions.

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The prose is sparse, intense and powerful. - Goodreads
And finally, limp ending. - Goodreads
Story - The central plot is fairly entertaining. - Goodreads
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Get used to the language and keep reading. Lovely book that is the reason I read science fiction. Take it home and lose yourself in this new world. Read it and love it. Everything by Bester is fantastic.

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Trigger warning. This book has some heavyweights in its corner. If I recall correctly, Sam Delany recommended it in The Jewel-Hinged Jaw. Gaiman wrote the intro (which I'll read after I write this ... Read full review

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Contents

Section 1
15
Section 2
26
Section 3
34
Copyright

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About the author (1956)

ALFRED BESTER was born in 1913. His fiction career included writing for the pulp magazines, comics, radio, and television. His extraordinary book, The Demolished Man, was the first winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel and was followed by the brilliant novels The Stars My Destination, The Computer Connection, Golem100, and The Deceivers, and numerous short stories. Bester was honored by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America with a Grandmaster Award. He died in 1987.

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TitleThe stars my destination
Vintage Series
AuthorsAlfred Bester, Alex Eisenstein, Phyllis Eisenstein
EditorsAlex Eisenstein, Phyllis Eisenstein
Editionreprint, illustrated
PublisherVintage Books, 1956
Original fromthe University of California
Digitized9 Jun 2008
ISBN0679767800, 9780679767800
Length258 pages
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