Author
Alfred Bester
American science fiction author
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1913
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1987
genre: science fiction
country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: American English
educated at: University of Pennsylvania
occupation: novelist, writer, journalist, science fiction writer, screenwriter
award received: Hugo Award for Best Novel, Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame, Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame
Alfred Bester (December 18, 1913 – September 30, 1987) was an American science fiction author, TV and radio scriptwriter, magazine editor and scripter for comic strips and comic books. He is best remembered for his science fiction, including The Demolished Man, winner of the inaugural Hugo Award in 1953.
Science fiction author Harry Harrison wrote, "Alfred Bester was one of the handful of writers who invented modern science fiction."Shortly before his death, the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) named Bester its ninth Grand Master, presented posthumously in 1988.
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame inducted him in 2001.
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Works
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Histoires de pouvoirs
book by Cyril Kornbluth
wd:Q3138254author: Cyril M. Kornbluth, Fritz Leiber, Alfred Bester, Robert Silverberg, Katherine MacLean, Jerome Bixby, Gerald Kersh, Poul Anderson, Frederik Pohl, Algis Budrys, Richard Matheson, Steve Allen, Theodore Sturgeon
1975
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Histoires de voyages dans le temps
book by Cyril Kornbluth
wd:Q3138268author: Cyril M. Kornbluth, Lester del Rey, Fredric Brown, Richard Matheson, J. G. Ballard, Poul Anderson, Henry Kuttner, Catherine Lucile Moore, Jack Finney, Mack Reynolds, William Tenn, Jack Williamson, Alfred Bester, Robert A. Heinlein
1975
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Histoires mécaniques
book by Fritz Leiber
wd:Q3138290author: Fritz Leiber, William Tenn, Robert Silverberg, Henry Kuttner, Philip K. Dick, Robert Sheckley, Gene Wolfe, Richard Matheson, Frederik Pohl, John Jakes, Harlan Ellison, Stephen Goldin, Alfred Bester
1985
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 14
book by Ray Bradbury
wd:Q6075931author: Ray Bradbury, Fritz Leiber, Mark Clifton, Eric Frank Russell, Mack Reynolds, Alfred Bester, F. L. Wallace, John D. MacDonald, Cyril M. Kornbluth
1986
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Psychoshop
novel by Alfred Bester and Roger Zelazny
wd:Q7256483author: Alfred Bester, Roger Zelazny
1998