| Front Cover |
Book Details |
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| Author |
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| Publication Date |
1958 |
| Format |
Hardcover
(178
mm)
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| Publisher |
The Science Fiction Book Club |
| Language |
English |
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| Plot |
Published in the U.S. in 1957, The Stars My Destination gave science fiction its quintessential revenge story with Gully Foyle. An illiterate, unambitious mechanic’s mate, Foyle is stranded alone on the wreck of the Nomad. He has managed to survive for 170 days in this airless purgatory, floating somewhere between Mars and Jupiter, when a ship appears. Rescue seems assured…until the Vorga passes him by. Spurred on by fury, Foyle rescues himself and returns to Terra with a murderous grudge against the enemy who left him to die…and a secret that makes him the most valuable prize in a war between the planets.
Fast-paced, suspenseful and packed with ingenious ideas, Alfred Bester’s novel imagines a grotesque and gritty future where people “jaunte” a thousand miles in a single thought, where the rich barricade themselves behind jaunte-proof labyrinths, and where an inarticulate outcast becomes the deadliest man alive. Jacket art by Donato Giancola. (212 pp.)
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| Personal Details |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Index |
101 |
| Read It |
Yes |
| Links |
Amazon UK
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| Product Details |
| Country |
Great Britain |
| Nr of Pages |
231 |
| First Edition |
Yes |
| Rare |
No |
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| Original Details |
| Original Subtitle |
The Stars my Destination |
| Original Publisher |
Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd. |
| Original Country |
Great Britain |
| Original Language |
English |
| Original Publication Year |
1956 |
| Notes |
| Edition SFBC 31 - (no original cover jacket - the cover has been taken from SFBC 50 ) |
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