false 333867 28 1398442 1956 The Stars My Destination total:1771|5:837|4:590|3:262|2:67|1:15| 1771 7480 2469 229 333867 0679767800 9780679767800 1629 211 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173836022m/333867.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333867.The_Stars_My_Destination 5 11 false Tue Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 30 18:19:29 -0800 2007 Sun Feb 08 18:54:47 -0800 2009 And Terra is my nation.
Deep space is my dwelling place,
The stars my destination.

This was a Golden Age, a time of high adventure, rich living, and hard dying...but nobody thought so.

The Stars My Destination is punk-effing-rock. It's a pr...more...]]> 333867 0679767800 9780679767800 1629 211 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173836022m/333867.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333867.The_Stars_My_Destination 5 4 false Tue Aug 28 12:04:48 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 07:27:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 333867 0679767800 9780679767800 1629 211 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173836022m/333867.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333867.The_Stars_My_Destination 3 5 false Thu Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 20:38:15 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 16:38:01 -0700 2008
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How old is this damn book? Fifty-som...more...]]> 333867 0679767800 9780679767800 1629 211 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173836022m/333867.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333867.The_Stars_My_Destination 3 2 false Wed Jun 20 19:24:27 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 22:10:35 -0800 2009
Basically in the future everyone can teleport at will, with limitations. The changes this causes in society ar...more...]]> 333867 0679767800 9780679767800 1629 211 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173836022m/333867.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333867.The_Stars_My_Destination 5 1 false Sat May 10 07:13:55 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 12:38:20 -0700 2008 Clearly Bester is going for a new history of the future, and I love the rogue a...more...]]> 333867 0679767800 9780679767800 1629 211 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173836022m/333867.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333867.The_Stars_My_Destination 5 1 false Fri Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 14:40:29 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 14:46:05 -0700 2008 The Stars My Destination

by Alfred Bester

Yes, another old scifi novel, and one of the best imho. There is no doubt that Mr. Bester knows how to tell a story, and that is by letting his characters tell it for him.

Gully Foyle is a remarkable creation. When we are in...more...]]> 333867 0679767800 9780679767800 1629 211 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173836022m/333867.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333867.The_Stars_My_Destination 4 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 10:46:48 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 06:35:27 -0800 2008 more...]]> 333867 0679767800 9780679767800 1629 211 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173836022m/333867.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333867.The_Stars_My_Destination 2 1 false Wed Nov 21 14:50:01 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 21 15:07:57 -0800 2007 more...]]> 333867 0679767800 9780679767800 1629 211 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173836022m/333867.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333867.The_Stars_My_Destination 4 0 false Wed Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Mon Jan 05 11:46:20 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 11:46:37 -0800 2009
...more...]]> 333867 0679767800 9780679767800 1629 211 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173836022m/333867.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333867.The_Stars_My_Destination 2 0 true Fri Nov 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 14:52:39 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 15:08:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 333867 0679767800 9780679767800 1629 211 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173836022m/333867.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333867.The_Stars_My_Destination 4 0 false Thu Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 14:32:12 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 14:32:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 333867 0679767800 9780679767800 1629 211 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173836022m/333867.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333867.The_Stars_My_Destination 3 0 false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 07:00:25 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 07:01:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 333867 0679767800 9780679767800 1629 211 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173836022m/333867.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333867.The_Stars_My_Destination 5 0 false Wed Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 16 08:48:26 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 08:52:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1258746 0575079096 9780575079090 19 5 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182313330m/1258746.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1258746.The_Stars_My_Destination 4 0 false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 12:59:07 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 05:10:43 -0700 2009 email-interviewed Jasper Fforde earlier this year, he answered the question "Which book has affected you the most?" with "Tiger, Tiger by Alfred Bester. No, wait, Alice Wonderland. No, Slaughterhouse 5. No, hang on..."

I'd never heard of Tiger, Tiger so I went l...more...]]> 333867 0679767800 9780679767800 1629 211 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173836022m/333867.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333867.The_Stars_My_Destination 5 1 false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 17:35:03 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 01:58:55 -0700 2009 The Stars My Destination is probably the best (and least dated) of the sci-fi classics that I've read so far. Written in 1956, its influence must of been huge. Clockwork Orange (1962), Dune, Philip K. Dick, William Gibson, were just a few of the lights that went off as I read about gutter talking, ...more...]]> 333867 0679767800 9780679767800 1629 211 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173836022m/333867.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333867.The_Stars_My_Destination 4 0 false Fri Jul 17 05:47:44 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 06:48:37 -0700 2009
The main character is not a nice guy. He is quite a vengeful thug. He hates everyone he meets and uses whoever he can to fulfill his goals...more...]]> 333867 0679767800 9780679767800 1629 211 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173836022m/333867.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333867.The_Stars_My_Destination 4 0 false Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 12:22:20 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 12:36:26 -0800 2008 more...]]> 333867 0679767800 9780679767800 1629 211 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173836022m/333867.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333867.The_Stars_My_Destination 3 1 true Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 11:18:35 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 11:19:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 333867 0679767800 9780679767800 1629 211 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173836022m/333867.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333867.The_Stars_My_Destination 5 1 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1977 Wed Aug 06 13:41:51 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 18:08:39 -0700 2008
I loved the detailed, fully realized, and darkly twisted universe that Bester built. I loved his furious anti-hero. I loved the way Bester tried to break free from the linear constraints of the printed page ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1258748