Science Fiction· United States
The Stars My Destination
by Alfred BesterAggregate Editorial Score38/100
TIME 100 Best Novels
Published 1956244 pagesEnglish
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Published in 1956, The Stars My Destination established Alfred Bester as one of the defining voices in science fiction. Gully Foyle, an ordinary spaceman marooned and seeking revenge, transforms himself into one of the most powerful beings in the solar system in Bester's kinetic, ahead-of-its-time cyberpunk precursor. Often called the greatest science fiction novel of the 1950s. Themes of revenge, identity, transformation run through the work. The book has received recognition from TIME 100 Best Novels 1956.
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Speculative fiction exploring technology, space, the future, and society.
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