It’s with great pleasure that we present our first annual “Mr President’s Book Choice” by our President Mr Iain M. Banks. Iain’s choice for 2012 is The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester, or as Iain calls it ‘Tiger, Tiger’ which is it’s original title.
You’ve probably seen The Stars My Destination included in every science fiction top ten list published. Forty-five years have passed since it was first published and it’s yet to be knocked out of the masters’ circle. That’s a pretty impressive statement. Bester’s classic has the stuff to back it up.
Many thanks to Iain for this excellent selection.
PLEASE NOTE: As we will only have one meeting in December, due to the Xmas holiday, it will be extra large meeting with two or three discussion groups rather then one. IMPORTANT: Iain has selected this months book in his capacity as book club President and is not scheduled to be make an appearance.
Gully Foyle, Mechanic’s Mate 3rd Class.
EDUCATION: none
SKILLS: none
MERITS: none
RECOMMENDATIONS: none
That’s the official verdict on Gully Foyle, unskilled space crewman. But right now he is the only survivor on his drifting, wrecked spaceship, and when another space vessel, the Vorga, ignores his distress flares and sails by, Gully becomes obsessed with revenge. He endures 170 days alone in deep space before finding refuge on the Sargasso Asteroid and returning to Earth to track down the crew and owners of the Vorga. But, as he works out his murderous grudge, Gully Foyle also uncovers a secret of momentous proportions . . .
