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The Stars My Destination is classic proto-cyberpunk
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Teleportation, cybernetic enhancements, synesthesia, and an unquenchable thirst for vengance.
Key facts
- Tiger! in the UK) is a 1956 sci-fi novel that some have cited as a precursor to cyberpunk
- Alfred Bester’s The Stars Their Destination (originally published as Tiger
- The plot moves so quickly, so much happens in this relatively short 250-page novel, that it’s difficult to keep up
- Unsurprisingly, being from 1956, the way it handles race and treats women can be problematic
Summary
If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. This might feel like a somewhat obvious recommendation to some, but it flew under their radar until now. Tiger! in the UK) is a 1956 sci-fi novel that some have cited as a precursor to cyberpunk. It’s hard to explain the plot of The Stars Their Destination. The plot moves so quickly, so much happens in this relatively short 250-page novel, that it’s difficult to keep up. The world laid out in its pages is imaginative, lived in, and shockingly prescient in many ways.