My Sunday and the better part of today I was cramming to finish The Stars My Destination for my science fiction class by 3:30pm today. After we all get into class our professor gets up silently and writes on the whiteboard "Sept. 27th-The Stars My Destination." Needless to say, I along with half the class, was significantly annoyed. If I hadn't enjoyed the book so much I would have been livid.
This Alfred Bester novel tells frantic and vengeful tale of Gully Foyle, a "common man" who was stranded in space. He manages to make it back to Terra(Earth), after serious damage had been inflicted onto him. It is here that he begins his long and action filled plot for revenge. The story follows his search for the parties responsible for his situation and is filled with twists and turns. As I was reading this, all I could think was "this would make an amazing movie." The novel takes place in the future when humans have discovered and pervasively use the method of "Jaunting". Which loosely is the transportation of yourself to another location through the use of thinking. Furthermore, the inner planets (mars, terra, the moon, and venus) are at war with the outer planets(3 of the moons of jupiter, neptune, and 2 of saturn's moons).
It is so action packed that you don't want to stop reading. You can really feel the pressure rising throughout the progression of the novel. I really loved this book.
458 points
9.7/10
That's cool you're in a science fiction class! Maria's mom texted me yesterday and told me to watch out for Jupitar in the night sky ... I wanted to go to the observatory but no one would join me.
ReplyDeleteHahah she must have texted everyone I know... I saw it, but only from my house, it just looked like a really bright star
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