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In this pulse-quickening 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 hitmen—and where an inarticulate outcast is the most valuable and dangerous man alive. The Stars My Destination is a classic of technological prophecy and timeless narrative enchantment by an acknowledged master of science fiction.
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- contemporarynostalgic
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- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Alfred Bester
- First published
- March 11, 1999
- Pages
- 244
- Publisher
- Berkley, Tantor and Blackstone Publishing, Gregg Press
- Editions
- 25
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780839823001
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“This was a Golden Age, a time of high adventure, rich living, and hard dying...but nobody thought so.”
Alfred Bester was an American science fiction author, TV and radio scriptwriter, magazine editor and scripter for comic strips and comic books. Though successful in all these fields, he is best remembered for his science fiction, including The Demolished Man, winner of the inaugural Hugo Award in 1953. - Wikipedia
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