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Alfred Bester
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born
December 18, 1913
in New York, The United States
died
September 30, 1987
gender
male
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The Stars My Destination
  4.17 avg rating — 7,553 ratings
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published
1956
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51 editions
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The Demolished Man
4.03 avg rating — 5,466 ratings
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published
1952
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17 editions
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Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester
by Alfred Bester, Robert Silverberg 4.07 avg rating — 320 ratings
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published
1997
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4 editions
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Psychoshop
by Alfred Bester, Roger Zelazny   3.53 avg rating — 301 ratings
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1998
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2 editions
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The Computer Connection
3.35 avg rating — 219 ratings
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published
1975
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15 editions
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Golem 100
3.13 avg rating — 147 ratings
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published
1980
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7 editions
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The Deceivers
3.21 avg rating — 144 ratings
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published
1981
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12 editions
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Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester
4.04 avg rating — 102 ratings
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published
1976
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6 editions
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Dark Side of the Earth
by Alfred Bester, Unknown 3.68 avg rating — 88 ratings
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published
1964
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3 editions
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Starburst
3.84 avg rating — 91 ratings
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1958
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7 editions
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“Faith in faith' he answered himself. 'It isn't necessary to have something to believe in. It's only necessary to believe that somewhere there's something worthy of belief”
― Alfred Bester, The Stars My Destination
― Alfred Bester, The Stars My Destination
“You pigs, you. You rut like pigs, is all. You got the most in you, and you use the least. You hear me, you? Got a million in you and spend pennies. Got a genius in you and think crazies. Got a heart in you and feel empties. All a you. Every you...'
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Take a war to make you spend. Take a jam to make you think. Take a challenge to make you great. Rest of the time you sit around lazy, you. Pigs, you! All right, God damn you! I challenge you, me. Die or live and be great. Blow yourselves to Christ gone or come and find me, Gully Foyle, and I make you men. I make you great. I give you the stars.”
― Alfred Bester, The Stars My Destination
[...]
Take a war to make you spend. Take a jam to make you think. Take a challenge to make you great. Rest of the time you sit around lazy, you. Pigs, you! All right, God damn you! I challenge you, me. Die or live and be great. Blow yourselves to Christ gone or come and find me, Gully Foyle, and I make you men. I make you great. I give you the stars.”
― Alfred Bester, The Stars My Destination
“Be grateful that you only see the outward man. Be grateful that you never see the passions, the hatreds, the jealousies, the malice, the sicknesses... Be grateful you rarely see the frightening truth in people.”
― Alfred Bester, The Demolished Man
― Alfred Bester, The Demolished Man
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