Bester was my introduction to science fiction. My father would tell me bedtime stories from "The Stars My Destination" long before I ever read them. I remember

Bester was my introduction to science fiction. My father would tell me bedtime stories from "The Stars My Destination" long before I ever read them. I remember sitting up in bed listening raptly to the scene where Foyle has his nemesis on an operating table, chest ripped open, kept alive on life support machines.