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Description book the stars my destination by alfred bester in this pulsequickening novel, alfred bester imagines a future in which people jaunte a thousand miles with a single thought, where the rich barricade themselves in labyrinths and protect themselves with radioactive hit men and where an inarticulate outcast is the most valuable and dangerous man alive. It was included in the 2012 library of america boxed set american science fiction. Set in the 24th or 25th century, which varies between editions of the book, when humans have colonized the solar system, it tells the story of gully gulliver foyle, a teleporter driven by a burning desire for revenge its first publication was in book form in june 1956 in the united kingdom, where it was. I haveread a book the stars my destination, and i think the book was very nice and very feasible for you to read. The backdrop of the stars my destination is a war between the inner planets i. I hope this extraordinary book, which is a favourite among science fiction readers, will not only be in the shelves of science fiction lovers. Alfred besters passionate novels of worldly adventure, high intellect, and tremendous verve, the stars my destination and the hugo awardwinning the demolished man, established bester as a science fiction grandmaster, a reputation that was ratifi. The stars my destination is a science fiction novel by american writer alfred bester. I had the audio book checked out from my local library system when i suddenly started working from home and no commute time to listen to books. The stars my destination is one such book, a thrill ride from beginning to end that despite being published in 1955 still hits hard and holds its own in 2017. Dec 06, 20 apparently the stars my destination is a literary allusion, similar to tiger tiger. The stars my destination by alfred bester book is also a book that isvery popular with servey highest number of sales.
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It is about to progress through struggle, looking back to milton and a long hard way which leads out of hell into the light. But bester is best known for his sciencefiction novels, and the stars my destination may be his finest creation. Written by hugo winner alfred bester in the mid1950s, the short novel, stays away from the technobabble and neologisms that might date it and as a result it retains potency decades after publication. Even though the book is not as well known as some of the more popular science fiction classics like dune or stranger in a strange land, i have enjoyed this book more than any science fiction novel i have ever read, and i have read science fiction since i was in junior high school. The stars my destination alfred bester audiobook slessorpr. This war was instigated by the discovery of instant teleportation or jaunting as it is called after the discoverer charles fort jaunte which upsets the. The stars my destination by alfred bester, 1996, vintage books edition, in english. The stars my destination the greatest literature of all time. The main characters of this science fiction, fiction story are gulliver foyle, jisbella mcqueen. The stars my destination by alfred bester, 1975, gregg press edition, in english. The plot of the stars my destination is in deep space where a man named gully foyle has been abandoned by his home terra. Sep 07, 2015 the stars my destination by alfred bester audio book 8 hrs.
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An age where humanity has spread across the solar system a golden age that no one knows they are living in. The stars my destination has often been called one of science fictions greatest works, sometimes the greatest. The stars my destination aka tiger, tiger had its origins in a newspaper clipping that bester found about poon lim, a shipwrecked world war ii sailor on a raft, who had drifted unrescued in the pacific for a world record 3 days because passing ships thought he was a lure to bring them within torpedo range of a hidden submarine. The encrypted pdf worked on my iphone with the adobe digital editions app. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. It is about power in society, the manipulation of the masses by a commercial and legal elite.
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