Alfred Bester - Free Library Land Online - Classics https://classics.library.land/ ru Alfred Bester - Free Library Land Online - Classics DataLife Engine Redemolished https://classics.library.land/alfred-bester/42862-redemolished.html https://classics.library.land/alfred-bester/42862-redemolished.html Redemolished
Before his untimely death in 1987, Alfred Bester had established himself as one of the world's greatest science fiction writers. From radio to television, short fiction to full-length novels, he created a body of work that will be continued to be enjoyed by generations of readers for all time. Now, Redemolished brings together, for the first time in one volume, the full range of his genius: The never before printed, complete 3,000 word prologue of his classic novel The Demolished Man. The extraordinary classic science-fiction tale, "Hell is Forever" Bester's shocking pre-cyberpunk stories, such as "The Four Hour Fuge" Included in this special edition are Bester's writings on such noted celebrites as Woody Allen, Rex Stout, and Isaac Asimov. Contents 7 • Introduction (Redemolished) • (2000) • essay by Richard Raucci
13 • The Probable Man • (1941) • novelette by Alfred Bester
64 • Hell Is Forever • (1942) • novella by Alfred Bester
165 • The Push of a Finger • (1942) • novella by Alfred Bester
217 • The Roller Coaster • (1953) • shortstory by Alfred Bester
227 • The Lost Child • shortfiction by Alfred Bester
231 • I Will Never Celebrate New Year's Again • (1963) • shortstory by Alfred Bester
237 • Out of This World • (1964) • shortstory by Alfred Bester
250 • The Animal Fair • (1972) • novelette by Alfred Bester
298 • Something Up There Likes Me • (1973) • shortstory by Alfred Bester
327 • The Four-Hour Fugue • (1974) • shortstory by Alfred Bester
351 • Gourmet Dining in Outer Space • (1960) • essay by Alfred Bester
362 • Place of the Month: The Moon • essay by Alfred Bester
366 • The Sun • essay by Alfred Bester
379 • Science Fiction and the Renaissance Man • (1959) • essay by Alfred Bester
400 • A Diatribe Against Science Fiction • essay by Alfred Bester
405 • The Perfect Composite Science Fiction Author • essay by Alfred Bester
412 • My Affair With Science Fiction • (1974) • essay by Alfred Bester
446 • John Huston's Unsentimental Journey • (1959) • essay by Alfred Bester
458 • Rex Stout • (1967) • interview of Rex Stout • interview by Alfred Bester
471 • Conversation with Woody Allen • (1969) • interview of Woody Allen • interview by Alfred Bester
481 • Isaac Asimov • (1973) • interview of Isaac Asimov • interview by Alfred Bester
485 • Robert Heinlein • (1973) • interview of Robert A. Heinlein • interview by Alfred Bester
492 • The Demolished Man: the Deleted Prologue • shortfiction by Alfred Bester
504 • Writing and The Demolished Man • essay by Alfred Bester
513 • In Memoriam: Alfred Bester (1913-1987) • essay by Gregory Benford and Isaac Asimov]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 23:56:21 +0300 The Computer Connection https://classics.library.land/alfred-bester/42868-the_computer_connection.html https://classics.library.land/alfred-bester/42868-the_computer_connection.html The Computer Connection
Alfred Bester's first science fiction novel since The Stars My Destination was a major event-a fast-moving adventure story set in Earth's future. A band of immortal-as charming a bunch of eccentrics as you'll ever come across-recruit a new member, the brilliant Cherokee physicist Sequoya Guess. Dr. Guess, with group's help, gain control of Extro, the supercomputer that controls all mechanical activity on Earth. They plan to rid Earth of political repression and to further Guess's researches-which may lead to a great leap in human evolution to produce a race of supermen. But Extro takes over Guess instead and turns malevolent. The task of the merry band suddenly becomes a fight in deadly earnest for the future of Earth. .]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300 Hobson’s Choice https://classics.library.land/alfred-bester/42863-hobsons_choice.html https://classics.library.land/alfred-bester/42863-hobsons_choice.html Hobson’s Choice
]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300 The Flowered Thundermug https://classics.library.land/alfred-bester/42869-the_flowered_thundermug.html https://classics.library.land/alfred-bester/42869-the_flowered_thundermug.html The Flowered Thundermug
Alfred Bester skewers the 20th Century in this piercing science fictional look back at our age from a remote future. Join the Artsy-Crafty Kid, Jane Tarzan, Edward G. Robinson, and other characters on an adventure beyond our wildest reality!]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300 Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester https://classics.library.land/alfred-bester/42861-virtual_unrealities_the_short_fiction_of_alfred_bester.html https://classics.library.land/alfred-bester/42861-virtual_unrealities_the_short_fiction_of_alfred_bester.html Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester
Alfred Bester took science fiction into hyperdrive, endowing it with a wit, speed, and narrative inventiveness that have inspired two generations of writers. And nowhere is Bester funnier, speedier, or more audacious than in these seventeen short stories—two of them previously unpublished—that have now been brought together in a single volume for the first time. Read about the sweet-natured young man whose phenomenal good luck turns out to be disastrous for the rest of humanity. Find out why tourists are flocking to a hellish little town in a post-nuclear Kansas. Meet a warlock who practices on Park Avenue and whose potions comply with the Pure Food and Drug Act. Make a deal with the Devil—but not without calling your agent. Dazzling, effervescent, sexy, and sardonic, Virtual Unrealities is a historic collection from one of science fiction's true pathbreakers. CONTENTS:
Disappearing Act
Oddy and Id
Star Light, Star Bright (1953)
5,271,009 (1954)
Fondly Fahrenheit (1954)
Hobson's Choice (1952)
Of Time and Third Avenue (1952)
Time is the Traitor (1953)
The Men Who Murdered Mohammed (1958)
The Pi Man (1959)
They Don't Make Life Like They Used To (1963)
Will You Wait? (1959)
The Flowered Thundermug (1964)
Adam and No Eve (1941)
And 3 1/2 to Go
Galatea Galante (1979)
The Devil Without Glasses]]> Wed, 15 Oct 1997 23:56:21 +0300 Galatea Galante https://classics.library.land/alfred-bester/42872-galatea_galante.html https://classics.library.land/alfred-bester/42872-galatea_galante.html Galatea Galante
]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300 The Starcomber https://classics.library.land/alfred-bester/42864-the_starcomber.html https://classics.library.land/alfred-bester/42864-the_starcomber.html The Starcomber
Take two parts of Beelzebub, two of Israfel, one of Monte Cristo, one of Cyrano, mix violently, season with mystery and you have Mr. Solon Aquila. He is tall, gaunt, sprightly in manner, bitter in expression, and when he laughs his dark eyes turn into wounds. His occupation is unknown. He is wealthy without visible means of support. He is seen everywhere and understood nowhere.]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300 Selected Stories of Alfred Bester https://classics.library.land/alfred-bester/42867-selected_stories_of_alfred_bester.html https://classics.library.land/alfred-bester/42867-selected_stories_of_alfred_bester.html Selected Stories of Alfred Bester

A new e-book compilation of Alfred Bester's brilliant short fiction,]]> Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:56:22 +0300 Hell Is Forever https://classics.library.land/alfred-bester/42866-hell_is_forever.html https://classics.library.land/alfred-bester/42866-hell_is_forever.html Hell Is Forever
(Novella)]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300 The Stars My Destination https://classics.library.land/alfred-bester/42865-the_stars_my_destination.html https://classics.library.land/alfred-bester/42865-the_stars_my_destination.html The Stars My Destination
Such is the official verdict on Gully Foyle, unskilled space crewman. But Gully has managed to survive for 170 days in the airless purgatory of deep space after the wreck of his ship, and has escaped to Earth carrying a murderous grudge and a secret that could change the course of history. The novel which in large part inspired both the cyberpunk movement of the 1980s and the science fiction New Wave of the 1960s, THE STARS MY DESTINATION has an unrivalled claim to be the most influential sf book of all time.]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300 The Demolished Man https://classics.library.land/alfred-bester/42871-the_demolished_man.html https://classics.library.land/alfred-bester/42871-the_demolished_man.html The Demolished Man
In a world in which the police have telepathic powers, how do you get away with murder? Ben Reichs heads a huge 24th century business empire, spanning the solar system. He is also an obsessed, driven man determined to murder a rival. To avoid capture, in a society where murderers can be detected even before they commit their crime, is the greatest challenge of his life. ]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300 Demolished Man https://classics.library.land/alfred-bester/42870-demolished_man.html https://classics.library.land/alfred-bester/42870-demolished_man.html Demolished Man
In a world in which the police have telepathic powers, how do you get away with murder? Ben Reichs heads a huge 24th century business empire, spanning the solar system. He is also an obsessed, driven man determined to murder a rival.
To avoid capture, in a society where murderers can be detected even before they commit their crime, is the greatest challenge of his life.]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300 Starburst https://classics.library.land/alfred-bester/480481-starburst.html https://classics.library.land/alfred-bester/480481-starburst.html Starburst
]]> Sun, 18 Nov 2012 11:26:19 +0200 Biped Reegan https://classics.library.land/alfred-bester/42860-biped_reegan.html https://classics.library.land/alfred-bester/42860-biped_reegan.html Biped Reegan
The strongest man, the last woman, at bay against a world that had destroyed their fellows, take a last grim gamble with eternity that the human race might survive.(Short Story)]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300