I enjoyed a surprising number of things about this science fiction classic - unfortunately, the narration of the audiobook was not one of them.

Gully Foyle is unapologetically on a quest for revenge - good for him!

As The Stars My Destination is considered the founding novel of the cyberpunk genre, it was very interesting to see all those genre elements and compare them with modern cyberpunk works. It is also surprisingly dark for its time. Bester set out to tell a story rather than just write down his ideas and call it a novel.

But. BUT. Even though I believe Alfred Bester actually talked to at least one woman in his life who wasn't a relative (unlike Asimov), the women in this book are still ideals and objects instead of persons, and of course they flock to our hero

even though he has FUCKING RAPED them in the past

. Could have been done better. Seriously.