The Stars My Destination

by Alfred Bester

Paperback, 272 pages

Published March 11, 1999 by Gollancz.

ISBN:: 978-1-85798-814-7
OCLC Number:: 43881284

(16 reviews)

In this pulse-quickening 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 hitmen—and where an inarticulate outcast is the most valuable and dangerous man alive.

The Stars My Destination is a classic of technological prophecy and timeless narrative enchantment by an acknowledged master of science fiction.

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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.