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The Stars My Destination
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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Summary
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 50 years.
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- Grant Garden
- 30-04-19
Tiger Tiger burning bright
This has to be the best novel ever written. Prophetic, Psychedelic, Astonishing, Incredible, MindBending, Unfeasible
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- Rich
- 07-09-18
Excellent sci fi tale
I've read this book a few times over the years and I really enjoyed this audiobook version which was really well narrated.
Amazing that Alfred Bester published it in 1956, I've always thought it would make a fantastic film but it would need a visionary director and a huge budget to get it right.
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- Keith Seymour
- 29-05-19
Absolutely brilliant, epic sci-fi.
Despite thinking of myself as a Sci-Fi fan, I'd never encountered any Bester before this and as such had no expectations, but my god was I pleasantly surprised. Bester appears to be a master of the anti-hero protagonist (see also Demolished Man) and his scope for world building, nay universe building is second to none. He tells a fantastic story here, reaching through time and space with a huge arc of plot and character development. I was hooked from the first chapter, never once bored and ultimately satisfied by the end.
At first hearing of Gerard Doyle's narration I was a little unsure, but by the third page I was settled in and realised that he's a fantastic talent. To the extent now that I couldn't bear to not have him read Bester. It really is a marriage made in the stars. So make this your next Audible destination!
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- Lizzie Biscuits
- 23-05-23
D A T E D
Slightly surprised by the number of rave reviews. This is a pretty typical early SF novel, and not one of the best in my option. Clunky exposition a few to many deus ex machina moments. The main character isn't an "antihero" he's just a dickhead.
And it always disappoints me when an author can have so many visionary ideas about the future and what society will be like but can't imagine that women are anything but objects and sprinkled around a story just to be shagged.
I've read a lot of old SF and I can accept that some of them have outdated facets but this one is just unpleasant right from the start.
I gave up halfway, just after the third rape. Ugh. The one woman, our notional heroine, who's consents (sometimes) to sex with Foyle is called "Jiz". Yes really.
Narrater does a good job.
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- Heledd42
- 04-07-22
A book that hates women
The narrator is great, the ideas in the book are great. But the intense unlikeability of the main character and the way he treats women from beginning to end - and which the listener is supposed to just accept - is too much.
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- Tony Lord
- 15-02-21
Genuine SciFi Classic
Cant believe how well this story has "stood the test of time".
I must have read it over 35 years ago and it just hasn't dated. A good story is a good story, whenever it was written.
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- Kieran
- 10-03-24
A classic.
A classic must read scifi story. The performance wasn't my favourite but none the less worth a listen.
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- Addy
- 17-11-23
Top quality Sci-Fi
Plot, pacing, language, ideas, character, worldbuilding - it has it all. Engaging from the opening sentence. Really well performed. Head and shoulders above other ‘included’ books on audible that I’ve encountered (so far)
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- Anonymous User
- 15-10-23
A wonderful adventure
Full of energy and imagination. Really enjoyed it. As always with the best stories of any genre, it’s a wonderful human story.
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- Garym213
- 01-10-23
Amazing book, original beyond any normal sci-fi
This is a truly remarkable book, it is engrossing and thought provoking. Rightfully regarded as one of the greatest sci-fi books ever written.
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