
Alfred Bester
Born
New York City, US, 1913
Died
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1987
Publications
Novels, stories, plays, poetry, screenplays
Genres
Novels, stories, scripts, comics, travel writing
Writing language
English
Place of writing
United States
Greatest Novels
• The Demolished Man (1953)
• The Stars My Destination (1957)
Science Fiction
• The Demolished Man (1953)
• "Fondly Fahrenheit" (1954)
• The Stars My Destination (1957)
Alfred Bester
THE AUTHOR | WORKS | VIEWS AND QUOTES
First appearance of works in book form
1953
The Demolished Man Novel
Who He? Novel (also called The Rat Race)
1956
The Stars My Destination Novel (also called Tiger, Tiger)
1958
Starburst Twelve stories
First book appearance of "Disappearing Act", "Adam and No Eve", "Star Light, Star Bright", "The Roller Coaster", "Oddy and Id", "The Starcomber", "White Light Cinema", "Travel Diary", "Fondly Fahrenheit", "Hobson's Choice", "The Die-Hard", "Of Time and Third Avenue"
1964
The Dark Side of the Earth Seven stories
First book appearance of "Time is the Traitor", "The Men Who Murdered Mohammed", "Out of This World", "The Pi Man", "The Flowered Thundermug", "Will You Wait?", "They Don't Make Life Like They Used To"
1966
The Life and Death of a Satellite Non-fiction
1975
The Computer Connection Novel (also called Extro)
1976
The Light Fantastic Seven stories, one commentary
First book appearance of stories "5,271,009", "Ms. Found In a Champagne Bottle", "The Four-Hour Fugue", "Hell is Forever"
Star Light, Star Bright Nine stories, two memoirs
First book appearance of story "Something Up There Likes Me"
1980
Golem100 Novel
1981
The Deceivers Novel
1991
Tender Loving Rage Novel
1997
Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Seventeen stories
First book appearance of "And 3½ to Go", "Galatea Galante", "The Devil Without Glasses"
1998
Psychoshop Novel (with Roger Zelazny)
2000
Redemolished Ten stories, plus articles, essays, interviews
First book appearance of "The Probable Man", "The Push of a Finger", "The Lost Child", "I'll Never Celebrate New Year's Again", "The Animal Fair".
THE AUTHOR | WORKS | VIEWS AND QUOTES