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Alfred Bester

Born

in New York, The United States

December 18, 1913

Died

September 30, 1987

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Thrillers, Comics & Graphic Novels

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Alfred Bester was an American science fiction author, TV and radio scriptwriter, magazine editor and scripter for comic strips and comic books.

Though successful in all these fields, he is best remembered for his science fiction, including The Demolished Man, winner of the inaugural Hugo Award in 1953, a story about murder in a future society where the police are telepathic, and The Stars My Destination, a 1956 SF classic about a man bent on revenge in a world where people can teleport, that inspired numerous authors in the genre and is considered an early precursor to the cyberpunk movement in the 1980s.

AKA:
Άλφρεντ Μπέστερ (Greek) ...more

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Alfred Bester’s books

Average rating: 4.01 · 110,277 ratings · 8,137 reviews · 365 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Stars My Destination 4.05 avg rating — 56,467 ratings — published 1956 — 175 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Demolished Man 3.96 avg rating — 34,378 ratings — published 1953 — 152 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester by Alfred Bester, Robert Silverberg (Editor), Keith R A. DeCandido (Editor) 3.96 avg rating — 1,084 ratings — published 1997 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Computer Connection 3.41 avg rating — 1,178 ratings — published 1975 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Psychoshop by Alfred Bester, Roger Zelazny 3.58 avg rating — 917 ratings — published 1998 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dark Side of the Earth 3.84 avg rating — 464 ratings — published 1964 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Deceivers 3.08 avg rating — 541 ratings — published 1981 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Golem 100 3.12 avg rating — 503 ratings — published 1980 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Starburst by Alfred Bester, Gino D'Achille (Illustrator) 3.84 avg rating — 386 ratings — published 1958 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fondly Fahrenheit 3.62 avg rating — 400 ratings — published 1954 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Alfred Bester (?)

“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

tags: 1956, belief, faith, gully-foyle, philosophy

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“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

tags: 1956, ambition, craziness, drive, gully-foyle, gutter-speak, humans, initiation, laziness

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“Gully Foyle is my name
And Terra is my nation.
Deep space is my dwelling place,
The stars my destination.”
― Alfred Bester, The Stars My Destination

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June 2017 - Sci-Fi

The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester 258p

9 votes, 40.9%

Blindsight by Peter Watts 384p

5 votes, 22.7%

Persona by Genevieve Valentine 307p

4 votes, 18.2%

After the Saucers Landed by Douglas Lain 248p

3 votes, 13.6%

The City, Not Long After by Pat Murphy 244p

1 vote, 4.5%

22 total votes

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