Alfred Bester
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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
Literature
• The Stars My Destination (1956)
Novels
• The Demolished Man (1953)
• The Stars My Destination (1956)
Stories
• "Fondly Fahrenheit" (1954)
American Literature
• The Stars My Destination (1956)
Science Fiction
• The Demolished Man (1953)
• The Stars My Destination (1956)
Science Fiction Stories
• "Fondly Fahrenheit" (1954)
Works published in book form
The Demolished Man, novel, 1953
Who He?, novel, also known as The Rat Race, 1953
The Stars My Destination, novel, also known as Tiger, Tiger, 1956
Starburst, story collection, 1958
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"
The Dark Side of the Earth, story collection, 1964
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"
The Life and Death of a Satellite, nonfiction, 1966
The Computer Connection, novel, also known as Extro, 1975
The Light Fantastic, story collection, 1976
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, story and memoir collection, 1976
First book appearance of story "Something Up There Likes Me"
Golem100, novel, 1980
The Deceivers, novel, 1981
Tender Loving Rage, novel, 1991
Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester, story collection, 1997
First book appearance of "And 3½ to Go", "Galatea Galante", "The Devil Without Glasses"
Psychoshop, novel with Roger Zelazny, 1998
Redemolished, story and essay collection, 2000
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".
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