In alfred besters classic novel, the stars my destination, gully foyle, antihero of the future, is picked up after spending almost six months drifting alone in the outer reaches of the solar. The best sf novel ever written according to some experts. The transformation in the character of gully foyle is truly. The stars my destination is a science fiction novel by alfred bester, which was published in 1957. The stars my destination the complete graphic story. The stars my destination is a classic of technological prophecy and in this pulsequickening 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 hit men and where an inarticulate outcast is the most valuable and dangerous man alive. Special hardcover limited edition of the graphic novel adaptation of alfred besters the stars my destination. Alfred besters first science fiction novel since the stars my destination was a major eventa fastmoving adventure story set in earths future a band of immortalas charming a bunch of eccentrics as youll ever come acrossrecruit a new member, the brilliant cherokee physicist sequoya guess. How does gully foyle transform as a character throughout the stars my destination. His passionate novels of worldly adventure, high intellect, and tremendous verve, the stars my destination and the hugo award winning the demolished man.
Alfred bester the stars my destination alfred bester did not write many books, but the stuff he wrote in the 50s was so enjoyable and groundbreaking that his influence can be traced in. Gully foyle is my nameterra is my nationdeep space is my dwelling plac. Besters the stars my destination is one of the few old school sf classics that really lives up to its classic status. This production is one of the first sophisticated full color american graphic novels first published in 1979. Set in the 24th or 25th century, which varies between editions of the book.
Not just as a science fiction, but simply as a good story. Alfred bester worked on some comics before, wrote many stories, and this particular book is one of his last. Theres not much doubt its the best space opera of all time. The stars my destination the greatest literature of all time. The stars my destination is a science fiction novel by american writer alfred bester. With its sly potshotting at corporate skullduggery. The stars my destination is a tale about the power of imagination that focuses on the exploits of a very unlikely protagonist. What he believes will quench this fire is the destruction of a spaceship. The stars my destination all the tropes wiki fandom. The stars my destination by alfred bester goodreads. Set in the 24th or 25th century, which varies between editions of the book, when humans have colonized the solar system, it tells the story of gully gulliver foyle, a teleporter driven by a burning desire for revenge. The novel was supposed to feature an unforgettable character, the likes of which had never been seen in science fiction before. Gulliveror gullyfoyle perhaps named after swifts gulliver.
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Alfred bester the stars my destination dark roasted blend. Alfred besters novel, the stars my destination, is multilayered. He starts off as a goalless refugee, endures as a hunted, marked man seeking his destiny in vengeance and closes the tale as an evolutionary marvel, a messianic character ready to lead humans to the next stage of their existence. It tells the story of an unambitious and directionless man named gulliver foyle who is abandoned in a damaged spaceship and, through his own rage and a series of mishaps, remakes himself as an aristocrat in a society wrecked by the invention of teleportation to stalk the people who did him wrong.