Classic Book Review (Condensed) – The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester

Vintage (1996), Paperback, 272 pages

There isn’t a lot I can add to the myriad reviews written about this fantastic story and the strangest protagonist ever written. So I won’t. I will say that since I first read it in the mid 70’s it’s been on my top 10 list. So, for now, I’ll let the 100’s of other reviewers speak for me. Here goes…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stars_My_Destination

http://www.sfsite.com/03a/smd99.htm

http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/starsmy.htm

http://tal.forum2.org/stars

http://www.powells.com/biblio?PID=28585&cgi=product&isbn=0-679-76780-0

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/333867.The_Stars_My_Destination

http://www.ansible.co.uk/writing/sfxbc01.html

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0783588/

http://www.bookrags.com/The_Stars_My_Destination

http://everything2.com/title/The+Stars+my+Destination

http://theendoftheuniverse.ca/node/107

http://brothersjudd.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/reviews.detail/book_id/752/Stars%20My%20Des.htm

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheStarsMyDestination

http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/reviews/books/0-679-76780-0.html

http://www.scifi.darkroastedblend.com/2007/09/alfred-bester-stars-my-destination.html

http://www.enotes.com/stars-destination-qn

http://vodpod.com/watch/3442145-the-stars-my-destination-chapter-1-by-alfred-bester-story-reading

http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2007/01/review-the-stars-my-destination-by-alfred-bester/

http://www.thesustainablevillage.com/awrbooks/html/BooksinHTML/starsMyDestination.html

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There are many more reviews available on the internet (Google search provides 21M links, give or take) but this sampling should give you an idea of the esteem in which this book is held. Almost every review here is a 4 or 5 star review. And, it looks like they’re making it into a movie scheduled for release in 2012.

Oh, yeah, 5 out of 5 stars – stellar story.

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