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Alfred Bester

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. - Wikipedia

American author (1913–1987)

Born	18 Dec 1913
Died	30 Sep 1987

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The Demolished Man

by Alfred Bester
First published in 1951 — 32 editions

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The Stars My Destination

by Alfred Bester
First published in 1956 — 25 editions

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The Computer Connection

by Alfred Bester
First published in 1975 — 11 editions
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The Deceivers

by Alfred Bester
First published in 1981 — 9 editions
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Hell's cartographers

by Brian W. Aldiss, Alfred Bester, Harry Harrison, Alred Bester, Damon Knight, and Robert Silverberg
First published in 1975 — 8 editions
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Starburst

by Alfred Bester First published in 1958 — 8 editions

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Golem 100

by Alfred Bester
First published in 1980 — 7 editions
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100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories

by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Larry Niven, Charles E. Fritch, Bill Pronzini, George R. R. Martin, Jerome Bixby, and 60 others
First published in 1978 — 7 editions
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Tiger! tiger!

by Alfred Bester First published in 1956 — 6 editions

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Extro

by Alfred Bester First published in 1975 — 5 editions
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The life and death of a satellite

by Alfred Bester First published in 1966 — 5 editions

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Assignment in Tomorrow

by Frederik Pohl, Theodore Sturgeon, Jerome Bixby, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Ray Bradbury, Lester del Rey, Alfred Bester, Kurt Vonnegut, James H. Schmitz, and 8 others
First published in 1954 — 5 editions
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Laughing Space

by Isaac Asimov, Janet Asimov, John Stallings, L. Sprague De Camp, Ogden Nash, Robert Hillyer, Russell Baker, Alan Edward Nourse, Alan Nelson, and 56 others
First published in 1982 — 5 editions
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Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester

by Alfred Bester First published in 1976 — 4 editions

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Nova 4

by Harry Harrison, Brian W. Aldiss, Robert Sheckley, Alfred Bester, Kit Reed, and Barry N. Malzberg First published in 1974 — 4 editions
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The dark side of the earth

by Alfred Bester First published in 1964 — 3 editions

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Virtual Unrealities: the short fiction of Alfred Bester

by Alfred Bester and Roger Zelazny First published in 1997 — 3 editions

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Galaxy, thirty years of innovative science fiction

by Frederik Pohl, Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Fritz Leiber, Damon Knight, William Tenn, Robert Sheckley, William Morrison, Jerome Bixby, and 22 others First published in 1980 — 3 editions
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Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 3

by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Eric Frank Russell, Theodore Sturgeon, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Robert Arthur, Ross Rocklynne, A. E. van Vogt, Fredric Brown, and 7 others First published in 1980 — 3 editions

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Experiment perilous: three essays on science fiction

by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Norman Spinrad, and Alfred Bester First published in 1976 — 3 editions

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American author (1913–1987)

Born	18 Dec 1913
Died	30 Sep 1987

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OLID: OL218124A
BookBrainz: b746f169-a124-4434-a773-d1e448125921
GoodReads: 10992
ISNI: 0000000083844452
IMDb: nm1424376
Library of Congress Names: n79128980
LibraryThing: besteralfred
LibriVox: 14806
Project Gutenberg: 51483
VIAF: 56605956
Wikidata: Q286116
Inventaire.io: wd:Q286116

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