Description: #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.
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Book Title: The Stars My Destination (The Stars My Destination, SFBC 50th
Publication Name: Science Fiction Book Club
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Publisher: 50 Years SFBC
Original Language: English
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
Inscribed: No
Edition: First SFBC Printing
Vintage: No
Personalize: No
Publication Year: 2003
Type: Novel
Format: Hardcover
Language: english
ISBN-10: 0739435566
Author: Alfred Bester
Personalized: No
Features: Dust Jacket
Genre: Science Fiction
Topic: Books
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Number of Pages: 212