The Stars My Destination (S.F. MASTERWORKS): Alfred Bester

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The story itself is a little clunky, but fun! And Chaykin's hand at the adaptation was top-notch for the time. It's one of those tough calls where the story has aged and isn't that good, but the book's legacy is huge. Three Star, 6 out of 12 for the characterisations and plot; a strong Four Star 8 out of 12 for the world building and the book's legacy; so a strong Three Star 7 out of 12 read overall. BUT... I have to say it, a must read for SF completists and/or those researching the roots of the genre. For DC comic book fans, Bester created the Solomon Grundy character!

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Alfred Bester’s novel, The Stars My Destination, is multilayered. On the surface, it’s a sci-fi and myth. Gulliver–or Gully–Foyle (Perhaps named after Swift’s Gulliver?) is an unfortunate adventurer motivated by a burning revenge. What he believes will quench this fire is the destruction of a spaceship. Lotus-Eater Machine: As a means of interrogating Gully Foyle, they put him on a set where actors tell him he is a corporate noble suffering amnesia. A man is a member of society first, and an individual second. You must go along with society, whether it chooses destruction or not. Este libro es de 1956, solo un par de años después de que Asimov publicara "Fundación" y "Fundación e Imperio", y si los comparas, parece como si Bester estuviera adelantado una década, como mínimo. En cierta manera, Bester parece un visionario: las corporaciones son la nueva aristocracia y dominan el mundo en un remedo de nuevo sistema estamental. Y además lleva sus ideas hasta las ú Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuth

Phlebotinum: PyrE— a psychically activated explosive that's even more powerful, gram for gram, than plutonium. Alfred Bester began his career with stories published in Thrilling Wonder Stories , Startling Stories , Astounding Science Fiction - names that have come to define that brief period known as the Golden Age of SF, when the possibilities offered by science seemed limited only by the human imagination, and the opening of the road to the stars only a couple of decades away. Less concerned with practicalities like deadly solar radiation, terminal cold or the barrier of the speed of light, writers played the game of 'what if ...' and then went on to speculate on the chages future technologies and discoveries would play on the individual psyche and on society as a whole. It is the twenty fifth century. An age when humanity can jaunte across the world, where telepaths are, if not common, then not unheard of. An age where humanity has spread across the solar system— a golden age that no one knows they are living in. An age when conflict between the Inner Planets and the Outer Satellites is about to end the age of the Global Wars by means of the outbreak of the first Solar War.An excellent analysis of the Trump candidacy and events leading up to his election as #45. Uses both his perspective and that of the anonymous supporter to chilling effect. Guest appearance by Ivanka near the end. Walking Wasteland: Dagenham. Mildly subverted in that he can avoid causing damage if he limits his interactions with the world outside his radiation-proof chamber. Because of Alan Moore's love for this book, he became the basis of Dr. Manhattan. In 2012, the novel was included in the Library of America two-volume boxed set American Science Fiction: Nine Classic Novels of the 1950s, edited by Gary K. Wolfe. [21] Adaptations [ edit ] Comics [ edit ] It does seem unfair. One-way telepathy is a nuisance. I do apologize for shrapneling you with my thoughts.»

I first read this book decades ago under the title of Tiger! Tiger! (British edition). I just reread it recently for the purposes of writing this review. Fortunately I have memory like a sieve so I enjoy this reread just as much as the first time.Karma Houdini: Foyle himself, who rapes a woman towards the start of the novel and basically spends most of the novel trying to kill people. He is treated as humanity's saviour and a messianic figure at the end... Super-Speed: Foyle eventually has his body upgraded with various functions, including being able to think and move five times faster than normal humans. Notably, it doesn't give him Super-Toughness, so he has to avoid accidentally bumping into anything while super speed is engaged— especially other people who also possess this ability. (His one brief skirmish with some Martian commandos resembles a sped-up game of touch football, in which an actual collision would be messily fatal to both parties.)