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 #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 iBooks has reprinted ReDemolished, which won the very first Hugo Award in 1953.) |
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... began working on the book in England, naming his characters from an English telephone directory, Foyle shares a name with the largest, and most irritating book shop in London—and with Lemuel Gulliver, who voyaged among strange peoples ...
... began working on the book in England, naming his characters from an English telephone directory, Foyle shares a name with the largest, and most irritating book shop in London—and with Lemuel Gulliver, who voyaged among strange peoples ...
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... began to drown. Then he was out side the tank, dripping and coughing explosively. He'd teleported again. The experts examined and questioned him. They studied graphs and X-rays, neural patterns and body chemistry. They began to get an ...
... began to drown. Then he was out side the tank, dripping and coughing explosively. He'd teleported again. The experts examined and questioned him. They studied graphs and X-rays, neural patterns and body chemistry. They began to get an ...
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... raffle disturbed by his motion and following him through space like the tail of a festering comet. Foyle turned into the galley storeroom and began looting with the methodical speed of five months' habit. Most of ∞ ...
... raffle disturbed by his motion and following him through space like the tail of a festering comet. Foyle turned into the galley storeroom and began looting with the methodical speed of five months' habit. Most of ∞ ...
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... began to weep. He started to gather his possessions—a faceless clock which he kept wound just to listen to the ticking, a lug wrench with a hand-shaped handle which he would hold in lonely moments, an egg slicer upon whose wires he ...
... began to weep. He started to gather his possessions—a faceless clock which he kept wound just to listen to the ticking, a lug wrench with a hand-shaped handle which he would hold in lonely moments, an egg slicer upon whose wires he ...
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... Quant Suff!” they shouted. A woman's chorus began an excited bleating: Ammonium bromide........................... gr. 1 1⁄2 Potassium bromide............................ gr. 3 Sodium bromide.........................
... Quant Suff!” they shouted. A woman's chorus began an excited bleating: Ammonium bromide........................... gr. 1 1⁄2 Potassium bromide............................ gr. 3 Sodium bromide.........................
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aboard Nomad accelerated Alfred Bester answered asked asteroid Baker began Black Rod Blue Jaunte body burning Callisto can’t clan Commando corridor D’you Dagenham damned darkness disappeared door exclaimed explosion eyes face Forrest Four Mile Circus Fourmyle of Ceres Foyle turned Foyle’s freak gave the order girl God’s sake going Gouffre Martel Gully Foyle hell hospital hundred I’ve Inner Planets Intelligence jaunte stage jaunted Jisbella Jóseph Kempsey laughed Lindsey Joyce listen locker looked Miss Robin Miss Wednesbury MỌira never Nomad Old St Olivia Presteign opened Orel Outer Satellites Pat’s PyrE Quatt roared Robin Wednesbury robot Saul Dagenham Sheffield ship shook shot shouted Sigurd Skoptsy smiled space spacesuit Spanish Stairs Star Chamber stars Stars My Destination stopped talk tank tattooing telepath teleport tell There’s thrust tiger took trying voice Vorga waiting wall Weekender What’s whispered Y’ang-Yeovil yawl Yeovil You’re You’ve