The Stars My Destination (S.F. MASTERWORKS): Alfred Bester

Alfred Bester

ISBN 10: 0575094192 / ISBN 13: 9780575094192

Published by Gateway, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Stars My Destination (S.F. MASTERWORKS): Alfred Bester
• Publisher: Gateway
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0575094192
• ISBN 13: 9780575094192
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

Gully Foyle, Mechanic''s Mate 3rd Class.

EDUCATION: none
SKILLS: none
MERITS: none
RECOMMENDATIONS: none

That''s the official verdict on Gully Foyle, unskilled space crewman.

But right now he is the only survivor on his drifting, wrecked spaceship, and when another space vessel - the Vorga - ignores his distress flares and sails by, Gully becomes obsessed with revenge. He endures 170 days alone in deep space before finding refuge on the Sargasso Asteroid and returning to Earth to track down the crew and owners of the Vorga. But, as he works out his murderous grudge, Gully Foyle also uncovers a secret of momentous proportions ...

Review

Samuel R. Delany wrote that this is "considered by many...to be the greatest single SF novel." It tells the story of Gully Foyle, a below-average, nondescript spacehand whose life at 30 is "too easy for trouble, too slow for fun, too empty for friendship and too lazy for love." Then Gully is marooned in space for 170 days, trapped in the equipment locker of a shattered spaceship. When a passing vessel investigates the wreckage and, unthinkably, leaves Gully to die, his life takes on new meaning, setting off a search for vengeance that will alter the world.