#TheStarsMyDestination by Alfred Bester The Stars My Destination starts with an interesting concept. What if teleportation was real and common enough it became the standard mode of transportation. Alfred Bester goes on to give a good account of how that would change the world both positively and negatively. That starting concept is where I have to stop being purely positive about this book though. From there the story gets rather harder to deal with. A lot of that is down to the protagonist Gully Foyle. Gully Foyle is not a good person. He’s not even a villain who’s the hero of his own story. Driven only by rage, revenge and greed, he’s just a villain. And he’s not alone either, very few of the characters in this story are what I would consider likeable. It’s not a bad story. It’s certainly interesting. Personally I think I’m just a little unsatisfied with much of what passes for resolution in the story. And the late chapter addition of time travel definitely didn’t help matters.














