Submitted by Maj 
(Jan 04, 2002)I'm surprised no one's reviewed this yet- this is a must read for all sci-fi fans (has been since 1956 and it hasn't aged).
Note: this book has also been called Tiger Tiger
A classic tale of vengeance played out on corrupt, freakish 25th century earth, transformed by the widespread ability to 'jaunte'- teleport by the power of the mind alone.
Gully Foyle is a dull spacehand marooned on a drifting derelict. When the ship that should rescue foyle deliberately passes by, he's transformed by rage into something more and plans a monstrous revenge.
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The action never flags. Amongst other things, Foyle impossibly rescues himself, is disfigured, does time in a lightless underground prison, gets educated, hijacks a fortune, is rewired as a killing machine, makes love during a saturation nuclear attack, is haunted by a Burning Man, and much more.
Bester's insistent, compelling prose rhythms rush you along whether you like it or not.
As you can tell, there's a lot to this book, and that's why it works so well.
Just start reading and you'll see what I'm raving on about.
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