The Stars Are My DestinationIntroduction'...The key turned in the lock of his soul and the door opened. What emerged erased the Common Man forever.';The Stars My Destination ~pg 22Gully Foyle. Uneducated. No skills. No credit. No recommendations. A brief description given by author Alfred Bester of his main character as humanity's stereotypical common man. A man who later became motivated to become more than just a "just" man. In the few pages of the first chapter, Bester had dragged me into the diluted and bizarre mind of Gully Foyle. The story... At the beginning of the story, Gulliver Foyle awaited death aboard the destroyed ship NOMAD in deep space. It's been six months since the NOMAD was left to rust. Foyle was the only survivor. Until one day, a sister ship of NOMAD, the VORGA, managed to come across the wreck. Foyle did everything he could to send rescue signals. But alas, his actions were a waste of time and effort, because she had rejected him. And so began his quest for revenge on the VORGA. As his ship drifted through space, Foyle had spent his entire time on board no longer welcoming death. Instead he was now obsessed with the destruction of VORGA. For the first time in his life, Foyle was motivated. He felt the need to punish and there was nothing anyone could do. He had sworn to himself to fight anything that posed a threat to his plans to destroy the ship that could save him. While floating in an asteroid belt, he was rescued by scientists from the asteroid Sargasso. A tiny man-made planet. Made mostly of rock and two hundred years of salvaged ships. The tiny planet had made a new addition to their planet and population. It is quite ironic that of all people, Bester decided to reverse the psychological role of scientists on this planet. It had turned scientists into our definition of uncultured savages in society. During his time with the Scientific People, Foyle was forced into their society whether he liked it or not. They had given him a new name and a tattoo on his face: NOMAD. Foyle knew he couldn't stay. He still had unfinished business and so managed to get rid of the asteroid with a vengeance that burned even higher. After escaping the asteroid Sargasso, Foyle was later captured by the Navy and