The STARS MY DESTINATION - Alfred Bester#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
[masked]) 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.
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