Alfred Bester (1913–1987)
Autor(a) de The Stars My Destination
About the Author
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Obras por Alfred Bester
The Complete Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination: The Graphic Story Adaptation (1992) 50 exemplares
Alfred Bester 21 exemplares
The Biped, Reegan 11 exemplares
The Die-Hard 5 exemplares
Slaves Of The Life-ray 5 exemplares
Travel Diary {short story} 3 exemplares
A nyikorgó idegen fantasztikus elbeszélések 3 exemplares
Selected Stories of Alfred Bester 2 exemplares
Ms Found in a Champagne Bottle 2 exemplares
The Darkside of the Earth 2 exemplares
Alpha 4 | Superb Science Fiction 2 exemplares
An Alfred Bester Omnibus 2 exemplares
Bester, Alfred - Vase 1 exemplar
فارنهایت واهی 1 exemplar
Metà A metà B — Autor — 1 exemplar
Nearly Complete Short Fiction 1 exemplar
Estrelas: O Meu Destino Livro 1 1 exemplar
Anarsist 1 exemplar
I grandi maestri della fantascienza 2 1 exemplar
Capella XII; Underfollow; The 1 exemplar
Somewhere a Voice 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time (1970) — Contribuidor — 1,863 exemplares
The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: Sixtieth Anniversary Anthology (2009) — Contribuidor — 130 exemplares
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 30-Year Retrospective (1980) — Contribuidor — 86 exemplares
The Best Fantasy Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1985) — Contribuidor — 69 exemplares
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year Third Annual Collection (1974) — Contribuidor — 56 exemplares
One Lamp: Alternate History Stories from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (2003) — Contribuidor — 45 exemplares
Science Fiction Hall Of Fame Volume Two. The Greatest Science Fiction Stories Of All Time Chosen By The Members Of The… (1970) — Contribuidor, algumas edições — 35 exemplares
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVII, No. 3 (March 1977) (1977) — Contribuidor — 28 exemplares
Nature's Warnings: Classic Stories of Eco-Science Fiction (British Library Science Fiction Classics) (2020) — Contribuidor — 24 exemplares
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCIV, No. 5 (January 1975) (1975) — Contribuidor — 23 exemplares
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCIII, No. 4 (June 1974) (1974) — Contribuidor — 22 exemplares
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCIV, No. 3 (November 1974) (1974) — Contribuidor — 22 exemplares
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCIX, No. 6 (June 1979) (1979) — Contribuidor — 21 exemplares
Maailma mielen mukaan : yksitoista tieteisnovellia kolmeltatoista sci-fi -sarjan kirjailijalta (1986) — Contribuidor — 21 exemplares
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCIV, No. 4 (December 1974) (1974) — Contribuidor — 19 exemplares
Van Jules Verne tot Isaac Asimov de vijftig beste science fiction verhalen (1981) — Contribuidor — 15 exemplares
Ten Years of Holiday: Selected by the Editors of Holiday Magazine (1956) — Contribuidor — 8 exemplares
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951, Vol. 2, No. 5 (1951) — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1952, Vol. 3, No. 4 (1952) — Autor — 6 exemplares
Stella a cinque mondi — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
SFの評論大全集 (別冊奇想天外 4) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Bester, Alfred
- Data de nascimento
- 1913-12-18
Manhattan, New York, Verenigde Staten - Data de falecimento
- 1987-09-30
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Locais de residência
- New York, New York, USA
- Educação
- University of Pennsylvania
- Ocupações
- screenwriter
editor - Organizações
- Holiday
- Prémios e menções honrosas
- SFWA Grand Master (1987)
SF Hall Of Fame (Posthumous Inductee, 2001)
Membros
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FEBRUARY READ - SPOILERS - The Stars My Destination em The Green Dragon (Março 2014)
FEBRUARY READ - NO SPOILERS - The Stars My Destination em The Green Dragon (Fevereiro 2014)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 81
- Also by
- 114
- Membros
- 15,665
- Popularidade
- #1,451
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 348
- ISBN
- 224
- Línguas
- 17
- Marcado como favorito
- 85
First the good things. This is an action psychedelic story that I would (to be honest) expect from Philip K Dick. Story is set in far future where humans have evolved in a way they are capable of physically jaunting - jumping to remote location using mere thought. This transformed the entire world in a way that for example actual locations of buildings are no longer relevant so buildings just pop up wherever builders want it. With this you would think that society is also advanced, right? Well, it is not. World is pretty much the same. Corporations are de facto rulers of the world and those that do not fit are left wandering space in hippy-like communes, left alone until they find themselves on the path of corpo's. Rich and influential enjoy in the old technology (hipsters anyone?) because jaunting and entire moderna is soooo boring. Of course they use every means of protection available (personal armies and armed ships) but they like to enjoy in the sophisticated things of the past. This is also time where soldiers and mercenaries get sub-dermal enhancements, cybernetic implants and get hypno-therapy conditioning to act as sleeping agents. People are very deadly in this future and depending on the situation sleeping agents are all around just waiting for key words to get triggered (Treadstone anyone?). So as you can see this is very rich world, miles away from our own and yet so close and familiar. People still hunger for power and they are ready to do anything to rule over others.
Now the weird. Main character, Gully Foyle is a complete anachronism in his time. In all honesty he would be anachronism in any time outside the early Medieval times. He is so low in society that he is basically just barely alive. No initiative, no ambition, nothing but sheer physical strength but even this is powered down that for everyone else Gully is a person so bland and unremarkable that you would not give him any notice, shadow, grey man. Stuck doing a very arduous job he gets fired up by that ancient, ever present and potent force - thirst for revenge. This most base force will force him to change, to improve himself and bring his vengeance to people responsible. Foyle's very evolution from a drag of society to becoming "illuminated" human, maybe first of many to follow, trailblazer, is what the book is actually about. Foyle does some horrible things, leaves his friends behind, does not care what happens to others as long they are useful for him. But he evolves and becomes better, he transcends his limitations and finally manages to see the future, what in Dune would be called the Golden Path. Now some would find this offending (in this age of never forget and Foyle truly has a record) but last few pages of the novel are very interesting. Should majority be treated like kids and mindless mob by the selected few (kinds sounds contemporary, right?) or left to chose its own path, provided with enough knowledge and facts (now this sounds like utopia, right? imagine world without all the media houses serving the news :) toouuuggghh). Is the future of mankind actual merge of savage and knowledge, man that goes (in a similar way as his biological changes before and after birth) through entire cycle of his social development - from aggressive, barely speaking savage to illuminated human.
And now the not so good. I wont say bad because of the fact that this is 1950's book and majority of SF from that time is inspired by hallucinogenics and drugs and all works from that time in history have that trippy feeling. To say that story line is basically a collection of several story lines running in very weird relative directions is to say the least. Story holes become so obvious at time that characters are unrecognizable just going from one page to next. There is no transition, no interlude, nothing just wham, X is now completely different person. If you are persistent person this can be easily overcome but for others this will be a rather difficult book to read. Weirdly though story is rather fluid even with this structure. Author truly knows how to write.
All in all very interesting book, that raises some of the old (and eternal) questions on how should humanity move forward. Whether we like it or not we come across these even today (this year especially).
Recommended to all fans of SF and revenge stories.… (mais)