Alfred Bester - The Stars My Destination

Pros: Incredible journey through the mind and future of mankind
Cons: none

How can I start? How does one begin to describe an absolute masterpiece without sounding trite or overly enthusiastic? A few epinions back, I reviewed Alfred Bester
blockbuster first novel which won him the first Hugo Award, "The Demolished Man"....

Pros: Original thematic floorboards, Engaging plot, lyrical language, Totally unexpected sting at the end.
Cons: Frankly, none that I can tell. Maybe that it has to end. Yes, seriously.

"He was one hundred and seventy days dying and not yet dead"... Thus Alfred Bester begun his gripping tale of Gully Foyle. That was 1956. Fifty years later Bester's book, THE STARS MY DESTINATION, is still voraciously read and widely acclaimed to be a ...

Pros: None, if you like science fiction or any form of speculative fiction.
Cons: If you dislike science fiction, don't read this -- unless you're ready to reconsider.

Setting: Hundreds of years in the future, Mankind has spread out to colonize the Moon, Mars, Venus (thus creating the Inner Planets), as well as the moons of Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune (the Outer Satellites). Man has also learned to "jaunte" or ...

Pros: Chock-a-block with great ideas
Cons: None - a must read for SF fans

"The Stars My Destination" is a science fiction novel by Alfred Bester.

When I first read this book many years ago I could not believe that it was first published in 1956! This is one of the great groundbreaking novels in SF and a...

Pros: A magnificently-weaved tale of the evolution of mind, society and self, beautiful science fiction.
Cons: A little busy with concepts perhaps, theres a lot of brilliance to keep up with!

Alfred Besters' "The Stars my Destination" is an absorbing and inventive read, telling the tale of Gully Foyle, goalless soul, and his personal evolution against a breathtaking backdrop of our own future. This work is outstanding literature, ...

Pros: Timeless, fun to read, intelligent.
Cons: Can get a little deep for the recreational reader.

The Stars My Destination is a remarkable story. I work in the state capitol building in Texas and I am regularly amazed at the detail and ornate workings of the building - especially considering that it was made
without modern construction...

Pros: Premise, Story, Characters, Jaunting, Plot, Ending
Cons: Somewhat dated at times, and a lone paradox.

I thought that The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester was a fantastic novel. Published in 1956, Stars starts the reader off on September 16, 2436. Gulliver Foyle is aboard the spaceship Nomad, alone, and he does not remember how...

Pros: One of the Two best Sci-Fi Books I have ever read.
Cons: The ending sequences would work better on Film.

This book was given to me by a friend when I was about twelve. Up until that time I thought that Andre Norton’s “The stars are ours” and “Star Born” were the best books I was ever going to read. I was wrong.

Tiger, Tiger, burning bright
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Pros: very good book
Cons: the title

This is the story of a tiger on the hunt, and of an animal who becomes a man. While reading this book, you are immediately fascinated by the baseness and the single-mindedness of Gully Foyle. He is a man who thinks of nothing but revenge, and is...

Pros: Epic plot, powerful voice, psychological story
Cons: They won't let me direct a movie version

This is simply the best science fiction book I have ever read.

The author's voice is powerful, immediate.

His language has the wisdom of an 400 year old woman, and the odd, fearful-excitement of a 13 year-old adolescent who just...

Pros: One of the best books I've ever read!
Cons: No Cons.

This is really one of the greatest books I've ever read! Alfred Bester has a special place in my heart. I can't believe he's gone, because it means that nobody will ever again write a story like him. I've given this book to many friends (and donated some...

Pros: Exciting, mind expanding
Cons: Short, confusing

When a friend told me to read Alfred Bester's, The Stars My Destination I thought to myself "Oh god another pointless sci-fi book" but I found the book to actually draw me in and intrigue me. Gully Folye is a man who was in a terrible space...