Title: The Stars My Destination

Title: The Stars My Destination Title Record # 1117
Author: Alfred Bester
Date: 1956-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Synopsis: When a passing spaceship refuses to rescue the lone survivor from the drifting wreck of another ship, he dedicates his life to discovering who made that decision and exacting his revenge, in the process altering human history and his own character.

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Serializations

Translated Serializations

Year	Title
1956	Tiger! Tiger!

Year	Language	Title
1958^ⓘTranslated by 中田耕治 (Kōji Nakada)	Japanese	わが赴くは星の群^?Waga Omomuku ha Hoshi no Mure Waga Omomuku wa Hoshi no Mure [as by アルフレッド•ベスタ^?Arufureddo Besuta ]
1958^ⓘTranslated by Jacques Papy	French	Terminus les étoiles^?Terminus les etoiles
1965^ⓘTranslated by Gisela Stege	German	Die Rache des Kosmonauten
1965^ⓘTranslated by Gisela Stege. Same translation as the first german edition, just the different title.	German	Tiger! Tiger!
1966^ⓘTranslated by Luciano Torri	Italian	La tigre della notte
1970^ⓘTranslated by Sebastián Martínez.	Spanish	Las estrellas mi destino
1972^ⓘTranslated by H. Bouwman	Dutch	Tijger! Tijger!
1976^ⓘTranslated by Luciano Torri	Italian	Destinazione stelle
1977^ⓘTranslated by Eurico da Fonseca	Portuguese	Tigre! Tigre!
1979^ⓘFirst published in the Swedish Galaxy as a five-part serial beginning in July 1959, per Tuck. Translated by Lisa Bergman	Swedish	Tigermannen
1980^ⓘTranslated by Knut Azimuth	Dutch	De brandende man
1984^ⓘTranslated by Margarida Pratas	Portuguese	Estrelas—O Meu Destino^?Estrelas-O Meu Destino
1989^ⓘTranslated by Владимир Баканов (Vladimir Bakanov)	Russian	Тигр! Тигр!^?Tigr! Tigr! [as by Альфред Бестер^?Al'fred Bester ]
1990^ⓘTranslated by Nemes István	Hungarian	Tigris! Tigris!
1992^ⓘTranslated by Jarosław Gohling	Polish	Gwiazdy moim przeznaczeniem
1993^ⓘTranslated by Vittorio Curtoni. First published in this translation in the Bester collection Tutti i racconti (1939-1942) La tigre della notte.	Italian	La tigre della notte
1999^ⓘTranslated by Cristina Macía and Sebastián Martínez.	Spanish	Las estrellas, mi destino
2000^ⓘTranslated by Gisela Stege und Irene Bonhorst.	German	Der brennende Mann
2007^ⓘTranslated by Patrick Marcel	French	Terminus les étoiles
2012^ⓘTranslated by Nemes István	Hungarian	Tigris! Tigris!
2014^ⓘTranslated by Vittorio Curtoni. Previously published in this translation as La tigre della notte.	Italian	Destinazione stelle

Year	Title
1956	The Stars My Destination (Part 1 of 4)
1956	The Stars My Destination (Part 2 of 4)
1956	The Stars My Destination (Part 3 of 4)
1957	The Stars My Destination (Part 4 of 4)

Year	Language	Title
1958	French	Jusqu'aux étoiles (Part 1 of 2)
1958	French	Jusqu'aux étoiles (Part 2 of 2)

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
7	1975 Locus	All-Time Best Novel
Nomination	1984 Prometheus	Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
Preliminary Nominees	1986 Prometheus	Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
10	1987 Locus	All-Time Best SF Novel
Nomination	1987 Prometheus	Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
Win	1988 Prometheus	Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
6	1998 Locus	All-Time Best SF Novel before 1990

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Tiger! Tiger!	1956-06-14	Alfred Bester	Sidgwick & Jackson		12/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	232	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1956	1956-10-00	ed. H. L. Gold	Galaxy Publishing Corporation		$0.35^?$: US dollar	148	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Emsh
Galaxy Science Fiction, November 1956	1956-11-00	ed. H. L. Gold	Galaxy Publishing Corporation		$0.35^?$: US dollar	148	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Emsh
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 45	1956-12-00	ed. H. L. Gold	Strato Publications		2/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	132	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Emsh
Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1956	1956-12-00	ed. H. L. Gold	Galaxy Publishing Corporation		$0.35^?$: US dollar	148	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Finlay
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 46	1957-01-00	ed. H. L. Gold	Strato Publications		2/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	132	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Emsh
Galaxy Science Fiction, January 1957	1957-01-00	ed. H. L. Gold	Galaxy Publishing Corporation		$0.35^?$: US dollar	148	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Emsh
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 47	1957-02-00	ed. H. L. Gold	Strato Publications		2/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	132	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Finlay
The Stars My Destination	1957-03-00	Alfred Bester	Signet	S1389	$0.35^?$: US dollar	197	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Richard Powers
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 48	1957-03-00	ed. H. L. Gold	Strato Publications		2/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	132	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Richard Powers
わが赴くは星の群^?Waga Omomuku wa Hoshi no Gun	1958-00-00	アルフレッド•ベスタ^?Arufureddo Besuta	講談社^?Kōdansha Kodansha こうだんしゃ ( 講談社SFシリーズ^?Kodansha SF Shiriizu #5)	5		247	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Tiger! Tiger!	1958-03-00	Alfred Bester	The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)	31	5/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	232	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	C. W. Bacon
Terminus les étoiles	1958-04-21	Alfred Bester	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #22)		F390^?F: French frank	245	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Galaxie (1ère série), #56 July 1958	1958-07-00	ed. Editors of Galaxie (1ère série)^?Editors of Galaxie (1ere serie)	Editions Nuit et Jour		F100.00^?F: French frank	148	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag
Galaxie (1ère série), #57 August 1958	1958-08-00	ed. Editors of Galaxie (1ère série)^?Editors of Galaxie (1ere serie)	Editions Nuit et Jour		F100^?F: French frank	148	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag
The Stars My Destination	1959-08-00	Alfred Bester	Panther	973	2/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	192	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Richard Powers
A Treasury of Great Science Fiction, Volume Two	1959-11-00	ed. Anthony Boucher	Doubleday		$5.95^?$: US dollar	522	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Sydney Butchkes
A Treasury of Great Science Fiction, Volume Two	1960-02-00	ed. Anthony Boucher	Doubleday / SFBC		$2.20^?$: US dollar	522	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Sydney Butchkes
The Stars My Destination	1961-04-00	Alfred Bester	Signet	S1931	$0.35^?$: US dollar	197	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Richard Powers
The Stars My Destination	1962-10-00	Alfred Bester	Panther	973	2/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	192	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Richard Powers
Die Rache des Kosmonauten	1965-08-00	Alfred Bester	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3051)	3051	DM 2.40^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	192	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Richard Powers
La tigre della notte	1966-08-30	Alfred Bester	Casa Editrice La Tribuna (Science Fiction Book Club (Italy) #30)		Lit 1,700^?Lit: Italian lira	324	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Rocco Borella
An Alfred Bester Omnibus	1967-00-00	Alfred Bester	Sidgwick & Jackson	102199	30/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	710	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Tiger! Tiger!	1967-00-00	Alfred Bester	Penguin Books	2620	4/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	249	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Alan Aldridge
Las estrellas mi destino	1970-00-00	Alfred Bester	Dronte (Moebius #1)			256	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Enric
The Stars My Destination	1970-01-00	Alfred Bester	Bantam Books	0-553-04815-5 / H4815	$0.60^?$: US dollar	197	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Paul Lehr
Tijger! Tijger!	1972-00-00	Alfred Bester	Bruna (Bruna SF #12)	90-229-9012-5	ƒ3.50	231	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Bob van Blommestein
Tiger! Tiger!	1974-00-00	Alfred Bester	Penguin Books	0-14-002620-7	£0.45^?£: UK pound	249	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	David Pelham
The Stars My Destination	1975-03-00	Alfred Bester	Berkley Medallion	0-425-02780-5	$1.25^?$: US dollar	252	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Paul Lehr
The Stars My Destination	1975-06-00	Alfred Bester	Gregg Press (The Gregg Press Science Fiction Series)	0-8398-2300-2	$10.00^?$: US dollar	xv+ 197	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Destinazione stelle	1976-06-00	Alfred Bester	Editrice Nord (Cosmo Serie Oro. Classici della Narrativa di Fantascienza #23)		Lit 3,200^?Lit: Italian lira	viii+ 268	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Jack Gaughan
The Stars My Destination	1976-11-00	Alfred Bester	Berkley Medallion	0-425-03376-7	$1.50^?$: US dollar	252	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Paul Lehr
Tigre! Tigre!	1977-00-00	Alfred Bester	Livros do Brasil (Argonauta #241)			200	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	David Pelham
Die Rache des Kosmonauten	1978-00-00	Alfred Bester	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3051)	3-453-30490-X	DM 3.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	172	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Olof Feindt
Tiger! Tiger!	1979-00-00	Alfred Bester	Penguin Books	0-14-002620-7	£0.95^?£: UK pound	249	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Adrian Chesterman
Tigermannen	1979-00-00	Alfred Bester	Delta (Stockholm) (Delta Science Fiction #105)	91-7228-100-6	skr 59.00^?skr: Swedish krona (crown)	237	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	David Pelham
De brandende man	1980-00-00	Alfred Bester	Meulenhoff (M=SF #159)	90-290-1094-0		261	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Carl Lundgren
The Stars My Destination	1981-11-00	Alfred Bester	Berkley Books	0-425-05524-8	$2.50^?$: US dollar	235	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Ken Kelly
Terminus les étoiles	1982-01-00	Alfred Bester	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #22)			245	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Stéphane Dumont^?Stephane Dumont
Tiger! Tiger!	1983-00-00	Alfred Bester	Penguin Books	0-14-002620-7	£1.75^?£: UK pound	249	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Adrian Chesterman
Tiger! Tiger!	1983-09-00	Alfred Bester	Heyne (Bibliothek der Science Fiction Literatur #24)	3-453-30963-4	DM 6.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	251	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Tim White
Estrelas—O Meu Destino	1984-00-00	Alfred Bester	Publicações Europa-América^?Publicacoes Europa-America (Livros de Bolso, série Ficção Científica #81)			180	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Tiger! Tiger!	1984-04-05	Alfred Bester	John Goodchild Publishers (SF-Alternatives)	0-86391-025-4		192	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Stars My Destination	1987-04-00	Alfred Bester	Franklin Watts	0-531-15050-X	$15.95^?$: US dollar	197	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Michael Horen
Tiger! Tiger!	1987-11-00	Alfred Bester	Penguin Books (Penguin Classic Science Fiction)	0-14-010122-5	£3.95^?£: UK pound	248+ [1]	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Peter Andrew Jones
Американская фантастика^?Amerikanskaya fantastika	1989-00-00	ed. uncredited	Профиздат^?Profizdat	5-255-00192-9		192	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
Tigris! Tigris!	1990-00-00	Alfred Bester	Móra Ferenc Ifjúsági Könyvkiadó^?Mora Ferenc Ifjusagi Konyvkiado	963-11-6609-0	Ft 82^?Ft: Hungarian forint	232	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Boros Zoltán^?Boros Zoltan , Szikszai Gábor^?Szikszai Gabor
Tiger! Tiger!	1991-05-00	Alfred Bester	Mandarin	0-7493-0645-9	£3.99^?£: UK pound	282	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Gwiazdy moim przeznaczeniem	1992-00-00	Alfred Bester	CIA-Books-SVARO, Ltd.	83-85100-68-7		374+ [10]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Peter Andrew Jones
The Stars My Destination	1996-07-00	Alfred Bester	Vintage Books	0-679-76780-0	$11.00^?$: US dollar	x+ 258	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Evan Gaffney
The Stars My Destination	1996-09-00	Alfred Bester	Vintage Books / SFBC	13553	$7.98^?$: US dollar	x+ 258	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Evan Gaffney
The Stars My Destination	1999-03-00	Alfred Bester	Millennium / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #5)	1-85798-814-0	£6.99^?£: UK pound	x+ 258	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
Las estrellas, mi destino	1999-06-00	Alfred Bester	Gigamesh	84-930663-2-X		232	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Juan Miguel y Paco
Der brennende Mann	2000-00-00	Alfred Bester	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #8210)	3-453-16418-0	DM 14.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	284	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jürgen Rogner^?Juergen Rogner
La tigre della notte	2000-02-00	Alfred Bester	Mondadori (Classici Urania #275)		Lit 6,500^?Lit: Italian lira	270	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Michael Whelan
The Stars My Destination	2001-00-00	Alfred Bester	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #5)	1-85798-814-0	£6.99^?£: UK pound	x+ 258	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
The Stars My Destination	2001-01-00	Alfred Bester	Science Fiction Book Club	0-7394-0907-7 / 02407	$50.00^?$: US dollar	258	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Stars My Destination	2001-10-00	Alfred Bester	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Masterworks (HC) #IV)	0-575-07337-3	£14.99^?£: UK pound	x+ 258	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Chris Moore
The Stars My Destination	2004-00-00	Alfred Bester	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #5)	1-85798-814-0	£6.99^?£: UK pound	x+ 258	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
The Stars My Destination	2004-01-00	Alfred Bester	Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection #8)	0-7394-3556-6 / 55650	$9.99^?$: US dollar	212	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Donato Giancola
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The Stars My Destination	2007-10-30	Alfred Bester	Lightyear Press	0-89968-328-2			hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Stars My Destination	2010-03-29	Alfred Bester	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-0-575-09419-2	£7.99^?£: UK pound	viii+ 244	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
The Stars My Destination	2010-06-01	Alfred Bester	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-1-4072-3009-2	£8.99^?£: UK pound	viii+ 244	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
The Stars My Destination	2011-06-30	Alfred Bester	ipicturebooks	978-1-876963-46-0	$17.95^?$: US dollar	234	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Howard Chaykin
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The Stars My Destination	2021-03-01	Alfred Bester	Tantor and Blackstone Publishing	978-1-66524-760-3	$39.99^?$: US dollar		audio MP3 CD^?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks	novel
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The Stars My Destination	date unknown	Alfred Bester	Vintage Books	0-679-76780-0	$12.00^?$: US dollar	x+ 258	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Evan Gaffney
The Stars My Destination	date unknown	Alfred Bester	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-0-575-09419-2	£8.99^?£: UK pound	viii+ 244	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
The Stars My Destination	date unknown	Alfred Bester	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-0-575-09419-2	£7.99^?£: UK pound	viii+ 244	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
The Stars My Destination	date unknown	Alfred Bester	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-0-575-09419-2	£8.99^?£: UK pound	viii+ 244	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
The Stars My Destination	date unknown	Alfred Bester	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-0-575-09419-2	£8.99^?£: UK pound	viii+ 244	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore

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Review by uncredited (1956) in Authentic Science Fiction, July 1956
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1956) in Astounding Science Fiction, August 1956 (UK)
Review by Leslie Flood (1956) in New Worlds Science Fiction, #50 August 1956
Review by Anthony Boucher (1957) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1957
Review by Hans Stefan Santesson (1957) in Fantastic Universe, August 1957
Review by Damon Knight (1957) in Infinity Science Fiction, October 1957
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1957) in Astounding Science Fiction, November 1957 , reprinted in:
Astounding Science Fiction, March 1958 (UK) (1958)
Review [French] by
Alain Dorémieux^?Alain Doremieux
(1958) in Fiction, #56
Review [German] by
Jürgen vom Scheidt^?Juergen vom Scheidt
(1965) in Robot-Legende
Review by Bruce Gillespie (1975) in SF Commentary, #41/42
Review by Neal J. Conan (1975) in The Science Fiction Review, March 1975
Review by Spider Robinson (1975) in Galaxy, September 1975
Review by Richard Delap (1975) in Delap's F & SF Review, November 1975
Review by Neal J. Conan (1975) in The Science Fiction Review Monthly, November 1975
Review by Stuart David Schiff (1975) in Whispers, December 1975
Review by Joseph Nicholas (1979) in Paperback Parlour, August 1979
Review [German] by uncredited (1982) in Reclams Science Fiction Führer
Review [German] by Rainer Kuchler (1983) in Science Fiction Times, Oktober 1983
Review by David Langford [as by Dave Langford] (1984) in White Dwarf, December 1984
Review by David Pringle (1985) in Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels , reprinted in:
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1985)
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1986)
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1987)
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1997)
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (2014)
Review by Orson Scott Card (1987) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1987
Review by Don D'Ammassa (1987) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #95 August 1987
Review by Edward Bryant (1987) in Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, October 1987
Review by Baird Searles (1987) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Mid-December 1987
Review by Paul Kincaid (1988) in Paperback Inferno, #71
Review [French] by
Francis Valéry^?Francis Valery
(1990) in A&A, #128-129
Review by Pierce Watters (1996) in Dragon Magazine, November 1996
Review by Lucas Gregor (1997) in Absolute Magnitude, Spring 1997
Review by Steve Jeffery (1999) in Vector 206
Review [Spanish] by Alberto Cairo (2001) in Las 100 mejores novelas de ciencia ficción del siglo XX
Review by Darrell Bain (2005) in My 100 Most Readable (and Re-Readable) Science Fiction Novels
Review by Graham Sleight (2006) in Locus, #545 June 2006
Review by Stephen E. Andrews and Nick Rennison (2006) in 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels, (2006) , reprinted in:
100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels (2007)
100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels (unknown)
Review by David Langford (2014) in Big Sky, #3: SF Masterworks 1
Review by Bill Fawcett and Jody Lynn Nye (2015) in Galaxy's Edge, Issue 14: May 2015 , reprinted in:
Galaxy's Edge, Issue 14, May 2015 (2015)
Review by D. Harlan Wilson (2022) in Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination: A Critical Companion , reprinted in:
Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination: A Critical Companion (2022)

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