The Stars My Destination is classic proto-cyberpunk

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This mightiness consciousness similar a somewhat evident proposal to some, but it flew nether my radar until now. Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination (originally published arsenic Tiger! Tiger! successful the UK) is simply a 1956 sci-fi caller that immoderate person cited arsenic a precursor to cyberpunk. It's a enactment I admit I person immoderate conflicted feelings about, but 1 I deliberation is good worthy speechmaking if you see yourself a instrumentality of sci-fi. It's besides good worthy seeking retired a carnal copy, thing I privation I had known earlier I started speechmaking it successful the objectively inferior e-book signifier that can't seizure the ergodic elements of the climax.

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