Alfred Bester's the Stars My Destination. Vol 1: The Graphic Story Adaptation. Authorized Adaptation of Novel Orig Pub by Putnam/Berkley Books [Hardcover]

Alfred Bester (Author)

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• Hardcover
• Publisher: Baronet Pub Co (July 1979)
• ISBN-10: 0894370537
• ISBN-13: 978-0894370533
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,145,974 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely the best of Bester, May 30, 2000

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This review is from: Alfred Bester's the Stars My Destination. Vol 1: The Graphic Story Adaptation. Authorized Adaptation of Novel Orig Pub by Putnam/Berkley Books (Hardcover)

I first found the graphic adaptation of Alfred Bester's "The Stars, My Destination" in the late seventies in a second-hand bookstore in Naples, Florida... I sat on the floor and read it from cover to cover, paid .50 for it and started my quest to find Vol 2... only to find it had never been printed... This was one of the first (maybe THE first) graphic novels, a cross between comic a book and a novel, with brightly colored panels but complex plot lines and dialog... and no one has come close to its achievement... Gully's single minded drive towards his fate, coupled with his total confusion about who and what he was, along with his complete ignorance of his potential inspired me to strive beyond my imagined limitations... I identified with his suprise at accomplishing acts others said were impossible... and his ability to immediately take advantage of these discoveries... his escape from the frypan to the fire... a hero for all time, Gully is "The Man"... when the movie is made, I will watch it with my son, as he is another Gully, and maybe he will find the same desire to reach beyond this to what is unimagined but more than possible... ps. I forgave my ex for cheating on me, for wrecking the cars, for getting rid of my dog, but she can burn in hell for tearing up the only copy of this book I have ever seen.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Brilliant Vision, May 13, 1999

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This review is from: Alfred Bester's the Stars My Destination. Vol 1: The Graphic Story Adaptation. Authorized Adaptation of Novel Orig Pub by Putnam/Berkley Books (Hardcover)

This presentation of Bester's classic novel lays out the look and feel of the movie which MUST be. I have inquired about Volume 2 and was told that it was never published. If the master pages are out there... somone, PLEASE publish it!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How to hook somebody on Sci-fi, December 4, 2003

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Moscovian "Moscovian" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alfred Bester's the Stars My Destination. Vol 1: The Graphic Story Adaptation. Authorized Adaptation of Novel Orig Pub by Putnam/Berkley Books (Hardcover)

This is simply the finest Sci-Fi book ever written. I agree there may be better authors, depending on choice (Heinlein, Niven, Asimov, etc.), but this book is the pinnacle of achievement.
My poor wife has been subjected to my nerdy sci-fi ways, but I made a convert out of her when I read this book aloud. It reads like poetry, sounds like war, looks like armageddon.

And for anyone who thinks this is your typical book: think again. Gully Foyle is one man you NEVER want to cross.