The Stars My Destination

by Alfred Bester

Overview

#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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781876963460
Publisher:	J.T. Colby & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	06/15/2011
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	236
Sales rank:	123,645
Product dimensions:	8.80(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Alfred Bester's 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 science fiction grandmaster, a reputation that was ratified by the Science Fiction Writers of America. He died in 1987.

Gerard Doyle records everything from adult, young adult, and children's books to literary fiction, mysteries, humor, adventure, and fantasy. He has won countless AudioFile Earphones Awards and was named a Best Voice in Young Adult Fiction in 2008.

Editorial Reviews

"Irish reader Gerard Doyle narrates with gravitas and grit, portrays Foyle's character journey from uneducated thug to savvy mastermind, and gracefully handles a surrealist synesthetic section near the end." ---Library Journal Audio Review

From the Publisher

Marooned in outer space, Gulliver Foyle is a vengeful yet curiously sympathetic everyman in Alfred Bester’s 1950s sci-fi classic. While he is badly flawed—he’s a rapist, among other problems—as portrayed by Gerard Doyle, he’s absolutely mesmerizing. Bester modeled the plot on another classic, Dumas’s COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO. Instead of an island, Foyle is stuck on a dying spaceship that a passing ship decides not to assist. That could make anyone angry. Double it for Gulliver Foyle. Doyle’s crisp and pleasant narrative voice darkens marvelously when channeling the implacable protagonist. And once Gulliver makes it back to Earth, Doyle believably colors the many other characters with telling vocal personalities. With its plot points about corporate greed, this is a timely classic. A.C.S. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

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