The Stars My Destination#5 in the Millennium SF Masterworks series, a library of the finest science fiction ever written. ""Science fiction has only produced a few works of actual genius, and this is one of them""-Joe Haldeman ""Bester at the peak of his powers is, quite simply, unbeatable"" -James Lovegrove Marooned in outer space after an attack on his ship, Nomad, Gulliver Foyle lives to obsessively pursue the crew of a rescue vessel that had intended to leave him to die. When it comes to pop culture, Alfred Bester (1913-1987) is something of an unsung hero. He wrote radio scripts, screenplays, and comic books (in which capacity he created the original Green Lantern Oath). 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. (Bester fans should also note that iPicturebooks has reprinted The Demolished Man, which won the very first Hugo Award in 1953.) Alfred Bester was among the first important authors of contemporary science fiction. His passionate novels of worldly adventure, high intellect, and tremendous verve, The Stars My Destination and the Hugo Award winning The Demolished Man, established Bester as a s.f. grandmaster, a reputation that was ratified by the Science Fiction Writers of America shortly before his death. Bester also was an acclaimed journalist for Holiday magazine, a reviewer for the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and even a writer for Superman. |
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... miles ) : ..... D ( 500 miles ) ....... C ( 100 miles ) : ....... L ( 50 miles X ( 10 miles ) :. V ( 5 miles ) : ... The old Bureau of Motor Vehicles took over the new job and regularly tested and classed jaunte applicants , and the old ...
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... miles from ' Nomad ' . " " Six hundred thous- ? " 66 ' Nomad ' was too far out of the shipping lanes . They wanted you to drift where ships would pass . They took you six hundred thousand miles sunward and set you adrift . They put you ...
... miles from ' Nomad ' . " " Six hundred thous- ? " 66 ' Nomad ' was too far out of the shipping lanes . They wanted you to drift where ships would pass . They took you six hundred thousand miles sunward and set you adrift . They put you ...
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... miles . Ten square miles of Texas flats shook themselves into corduroy . A vast un- tapped deposit of natural gas at last found a vent and came shrieking up to the surface where sparks from flying stones ignited it into a roaring torch ...
... miles . Ten square miles of Texas flats shook themselves into corduroy . A vast un- tapped deposit of natural gas at last found a vent and came shrieking up to the surface where sparks from flying stones ignited it into a roaring torch ...
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aboard Nomad accelerated answered asked asteroid asteroid belt Baker began Black Rod blind Blue Jaunte body Burning Callisto clan corridor Dagenham damned darkness disappeared door exclaimed explosion eyes face Forrest Four Mile Circus Fourmyle of Ceres Foyle turned Foyle's freaks gave the order girl going Gouffre Martel Gully Foyle head hell hospital hundred hurt Inner Planets jaunte stage Jisbella Joseph Kempsey laughed light Lindsey Joyce listen locker looked Mare Nubium Mars Miss Robin Miss Wednesbury never Old St Olivia Presteign opened Orel Outer Satellites Pat's PyrE Quatt roared Robin Wednesbury robot Saul Dagenham screamed Sheffield ship shook shot shouted Sigurd Skoptsy smiled space spacesuit Spanish Stairs Star Chamber STARS MY DESTINATION stopped talk tank tattooing telepath teleport tell There's thrust tiger tiger mask tion took trying voice Vorga waiting wall What's whispered Y'ang-Yeovil yawl Yeovil