{"id":2736,"date":"2026-04-19T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/the-stars-my-destination-is-classic-proto-cyberpunk\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T14:00:00","slug":"the-stars-my-destination-is-classic-proto-cyberpunk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/the-stars-my-destination-is-classic-proto-cyberpunk\/","title":{"rendered":"The Stars My Destination is classic proto-cyberpunk"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tGully Foyle is my name\u2026 | Image: Brick Tower Press\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n

This might feel like a somewhat obvious recommendation to some, but it flew under my radar until now. Alfred Bester’s The Stars My Destination<\/em> (originally published as Tiger! Tiger!<\/em> in the UK) is a 1956 sci-fi novel that some have cited as a precursor to cyberpunk<\/a>. It’s a work I admit I have some conflicted feelings about, but one I think is well worth reading if you consider yourself a fan of sci-fi. It’s also well worth seeking out a physical copy, something I wish I had known before I started reading it in the objectively inferior e-book form that can’t capture the ergodic<\/a> elements of the climax.<\/p>\n

It’s hard to explain the plot of The Star \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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