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Alfred Bester: The Stars My Destination (1996, Vintage Books) 3 stars

In this pulse-quickening novel, Alfred Bester imagines a future in which people "jaunte" a thousand …

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1 star

Quite a horrible and repellent nasty piece of work. I hate read it to the end. The characters are worthless, the men are jokes and the women are the punchlines.

I poured myself a glass of fine whiskey, and as I savored my drink I ran my finger over the delete button. Then when I was done, I toasted all the awards this repulsive book received and with a shout of released agony I gave one single tap to the delete button.

If I had a real copy, I would have doused it in gasoline and set it on fire.

I pray to God that I never have to endure anything this awful again.