Psychic Teleportation: Pretty much everybody. Those who cannot jaunte usually become part of the dregs of society.

The Stars My Destination is one of the few sf books that is included in almost every all-time best sf books I have ever seen, and I have seen many. If I see such a list without this book I will probably dismiss it. And then, what else can we expect when practically everyone can Jaunte (teleport) practically anywhere they want? Society is radically changed in the next five hundred years, and it's not just the tech. It's the human mind and all their baser instincts let loose. Despite being published over 60 years ago it doesn’t come across as that dated either. Alfred Bester did a lot of well thought out world building as to what this space faring society that has also mental powers like telepathy and the ability to teleport would be like. Some of the stuff he did here like a conflict between factions fighting for the resources of our solar system are still used today in sci-fi like The Expanse series, and the idea of powerful corporations being as much a force as government has been used countless times as well. The ending also seems like a leap forward to a kind of sci-fi that something like 2001 would do a decade later.Este libro es de 1956, solo un par de años después de que Asimov publicara "Fundación" y "Fundación e Imperio", y si los comparas, parece como si Bester estuviera adelantado una década, como mínimo. En cierta manera, Bester parece un visionario: las corporaciones son la nueva aristocracia y dominan el mundo en un remedo de nuevo sistema estamental. Y además lleva sus ideas hasta las ú I first read this book decades ago under the title of Tiger! Tiger! (British edition). I just reread it recently for the purposes of writing this review. Fortunately I have memory like a sieve so I enjoy this reread just as much as the first time. Kelleghan, Fiona (November 1994). "Hell's My Destination: Imprisonment in the Works of Alfred Bester". Science Fiction Studies. 21, part 3 (64) . Retrieved May 14, 2011.

The second significant technology in the novel is the rare substance known as "PyrE", an extremely powerful explosive which is activated by telepathy. Possession of PyrE and knowledge of the means to detonate it is believed by both sides to be key to winning the interplanetary war. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2009-08-19 15:32:02 Boxid IA101723 Camera Canon 5D City Boston DonorToward the end of the novel, after he has returned to human life and become something of a hero, he states: I just learned there *might* be a movie in development. Oh, my lord, I can't believe how excited I am about this.