Listen to it with an open mind and remember that it was written in the mid 1950s when the average person's understanding of the universe and space travel was not what it is today. But how could anyone? After a bit I got used to his voice(s) and overall I found the audio version of this amazing story well worth the listen. The narrator certainly did not sound like what I had imagined the characters sounding like. How would a narrator interpret the characters I knew so well after reading this story 40 times or more over six decades? I practically know the dialogue by heart. When I saw the audio version available for the first time I was filled with excitement and a bit of trepidation. I've continued to re read it every year or two since and it never loses its ability to thrill me. I first read the Stars My Destination in 1957 at the age of 7 and was thunderstruck even at that young age. A Science Fiction classic by anyone's standards! A 25th century Count of Monte Christo, the classic story of revenge that Alfred Bester used for inspiration to write what was originally titled Tiger Tiger.
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