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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]
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.
- Alfred Bester
The Stars My Destination is a classic of technological prophecy and timeless narrative enchantment by an acknowledged master of science fiction.
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
Jan 1, 1979 · The Stars My Destination, Volume 1 Paperback – January 1, 1979. by Alfred Bester (Author), Howard Chaykin (Illustrator) 4.7 9 ratings. See all formats and editions. A exciting step forward in illustrated science fiction! An incredible full color experience!
- Alfred Bester
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
Jun 6, 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...
In this comprehensive study of The Stars My Destination, D. Harlan Wilson makes a case for the continued significance of Alfred Bester’s SF masterwork, exploring its distinctive style, influences, intertextuality, affect, and innovation as well as its extensive metafictional properties.
Jun 5, 2011 · 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.
- Alfred Bester
The Stars My Destination is a science fiction novel by Alfred Bester, which was published in 1957. It tells the story of an unambitious and directionless man named Gulliver Foyle who is abandoned in a damaged spaceship and, through his own rage and a series of mishaps, remakes himself as an aristocrat in a society wrecked by the invention of ...
