Super Short Summary

The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester follows Gulliver Foyle, an unambitious man abandoned in a damaged spaceship, who, fueled by rage, transforms into an aristocrat in a society disrupted by teleportation to exact revenge on those who betrayed him. The novel, inspired by The Count of Monte Cristo and thematically connected to William Blake’s poem “The Tyger,” explores themes of vengeance and transformation. The story contains descriptions of violence, imprisonment, and assault.