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novel, science fiction, posthuman, jaunting
24th century, Earth. Copyright 1953. 2nd novel. Published in England under the title Tiger!, Tiger! .
"Readers of Alfred Bester's The Demolished Man will be aware of the author's remarkable talent when it comes to writing convincing science fiction. In this astonishing novel, Alfred Bester again projects the reader into the 24th century, an age when mankind has achieved 'jaunting': the ability to transport the body by the effort of the mind alone.
"This was a Golden Age, a time of high adventure, rich living, and hard dying... but nobody thought so. This was a future of fortune and theft, pillage and rapine, culture and vice... and nobody admitted it. And here in this age was Gulliver Foyle, dedicated to revenge, one of the most incredible of all science fiction characters in one of the most memorable novels of its kind ever written." [jacket blurb, UK pbk, 1959]
"George Lukas and Steven Spielberg should collaborate to make the film version. Thrilling action, spectacular effects, great main character, wonderful ideas. Bester at his best." --Henry W.Targowski (in Mark/Space , 1995).
An absolute classic.
Highly recommended.
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