The Stars My Destination

by Alfred Bester, Alfred Bester

Paperback, 264 pages

English language

Published 2004 by Gollancz.

ISBN:: 1857988140

(15 reviews)

Gully Foyle, Mechanic's Mate 3rd Class.

EDUCATION: none SKILLS: none MERITS: none 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.

He endures 170 days alone in deep space before finding refuge on the Sargasso Asteroid and returning to Earth to track down the crew and owners of the Vorga.

But, as he works out his murderous grudge, Gully Foyle also uncovers a secret of momentous proportions ...

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5 stars

Brilliant. Madcap. Uncontrolled chaos that occasionally breaks, like ragged clouds, to reveal unexpected revelations. Space opera at its best. Fantastic, inventive, marvelously complicated, filled with characters you can't decide whether to loathe or love. Layers and layers of story that keep you changing your mind about whose side you're on. There's so much action it feels like a condensed version of a 1000 page story, but I couldn't imagine it written any other way.