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A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: Dec. 11, 2025

The Stars My Destination, by Alfred Bester, was first published in 1956 as “Tiger! Tiger!” Part Gulliver’s Travels, part Count of Monte Cristo, Bester’s hugely entertaining space opera is one of the classics of the Golden Age of SF.

cover of 1957 Signet Books edition, retrieved from Wikipedia under Fair Use policy

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