The book for this month is Alfred Bester's classic 1956 novel of revenge. Set in the 25th century, it stars Gully Foyle, a worthless, talentless waster who yet somehow survives for more than six months marooned in space after his ship is destroyed. It needs a passing ship to ignore his cries for help to galvanise him into doing something about his situation: he must get back to Earth and wreak his vengeance on those who left him to die.
Originally published in Britain under the title
Tiger! Tiger!, The
Stars My Destination and Bester's 1953 Hugo winning
The Demolished Man influenced both the New Wave SF of the 60s and the Cyberpunk revolution of the 70s.
There are not many SF books that can remain undated after more than 50 years, but
The Stars My Destination is one.
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