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The Stars My Destination

by Alfred Bester
Gerard Doyle
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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 (1913–1987) 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 over fifty years.

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    December 5, 2017

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      • ISBN: 9781541494190
      • File size: 243674 KB
      • Duration: 08:27:39

  • Languages

    • English

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    • AudioFile Magazine
      Marooned in outer space, Gulliver Foyle is a vengeful yet curiously sympathetic everyman in Alfred Bester's 1950s sci-fi classic. While he is badly flawed--he's a rapist, among other problems--as portrayed by Gerard Doyle, he's absolutely mesmerizing. Bester modeled the plot on another classic, Dumas's COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO. Instead of an island, Foyle is stuck on a dying spaceship that a passing ship decides not to assist. That could make anyone angry. Double it for Gulliver Foyle. Doyle's crisp and pleasant narrative voice darkens marvelously when channeling the implacable protagonist. And once Gulliver makes it back to Earth, Doyle believably colors the many other characters with telling vocal personalities. With its plot points about corporate greed, this is a timely classic. A.C.S. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

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