The Stars My Destination The Stars My Destination The Stars My Destination is a science fiction novel by American writer Alfred Bester. The novel, set in the 24th or 25th Century (this varies between editions of the book) when humans have colonized the Solar System, tells the story of Gully Foyle, a teleporter driven by a burning desire for revenge. Originally serialized in "Galaxy" magazine in four parts beginning with the October 1956 issue, it first appeared in book form in the United Kingdom as Tiger! Tiger! – after William Blake's poem "The Tyger", the first verse of which is printed as the first
HMS Tyger HMS Tyger HMS "Tyger, often spelled Tiger", was a 38-gun fourth rate frigate of the Royal Navy, built by Peter Pett II at Woolwich and launched in 1647. The term 'frigate' during the period of this ship referred to a method of construction, rather than a role which did not develop until the following century. "Tyger" was the third ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name, and by successive rebuildings she served for almost a century until she was wrecked in the Dry Tortugas in 1742. The ship's crew was stranded on Garden Key for 56 days, fighting