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Novels by Alfred Bester (Study Guide): The Stars My Destination, the Demolished Man, the Computer Connection, Tender Loving Rage, Psychoshop |
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English |
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Paperback |
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38 |
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2010-09-14 |
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1156221269 |
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Books LLC |
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0.15 pounds |
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5.98 x 9.02 x 0.08 inches |
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This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: The Stars My Destination, the Demolished Man, the Computer Connection, Tender Loving Rage, Psychoshop, Who He?, Golem100. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: The Stars My Destination is a science fiction novel by Alfred Bester. Originally serialized in Galaxy magazine in four parts beginning with the October 1956 issue, it first appeared in book form as Tiger! Tiger! (after William Blake's poem "The Tyger", the first verse of which is printed as the first page of the novel). This publication was in Britain, and the book remains widely known under that title in markets where this edition was circulated. Other titles are Hell's My Destination and The Burning Spear. A radio adaptation by Ivan Benbrook was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on September 14, 1991 and repeated on August 16, 1993. The Stars My Destination is, in one sense, a science-fiction adaption of Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo. It is the study of a man completely lacking in imagination or ambition, Gulliver Foyle. Fate transforms "Gully" Foyle in an instant; shipwrecked in space, then abandoned by a passing luxury liner, Foyle becomes a monomaniacal and sophisticated monster bent upon revenge. Wearing many masks, learning many skills, this "worthless" man pursues his goals relentlessly; no price is too high to pay. The Stars My Destination anticipated many of the staples of the later cyberpunk movementthe megacorporations as powerful as the governments, a dark overall vision of the future, the cybernetic enhancement of the body. To this it added the standard "one weird idea" of science fiction that human beings could learn to teleport, or "jaunte" from point to point, with various personal limitations but one overall absolute limit: no one can jaunte t...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=598935
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