
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.