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The Stars My Destination

Alfred Bester · 1956

Bester rewrote *The Count of Monte Cristo* as pulp SF: a brutal, unstoppable revenge story set in a future where teleportation has transformed society. It has the best first chapter in SF and one of its finest antiheroes.

Science Fiction & Fantasy · the Pro canon

The case for it, the case against, and the rest of the canon open with Pro.