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Alfred Bester
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Alfred Bester (18 December 1913 – 30 September 1987) was an author whose professional career began in 1939. He is associated with works including *Histoires de Robots*, *The Magazine of fantasy and science fiction. A 30-year retrospective*, *2001*, *Connoisseur's Science Fiction*, and *Laughing Space*. Open Library records indicate he has 84 works, while Crossref lists five.
Bester’s writing includes the quote, “The mind is the reality. You are what you think.” Other recorded quotes include, “He awoke. He was alive. He wasted no time on prayer or thanks but continued the business of survival,” and “We always do what’s natural, only sometimes we shouldn’t do it.” His name appears in 415 other encyclopedia articles.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 18 Dec 1913
- Died
- 30 Sep 1987
- Works
- 84
Top works
- Histoires de Robots
- The Magazine of fantasy and science fiction. A 30-year retrospective
- 2001
- Connoisseur's Science Fiction
- Laughing Space
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 172
- Total plays
- 1,056
Alfred Bester was an American science fiction author; TV and radio screenwriter; magazine editor; and scriptwriter for comics. He is best remembered for his science fiction, including the novel The Demolished Man, winner of the inaugural Hugo Award in 1953. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Alfred+Bester">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Synthesis of graphene-based nanosheets via chemical reduction of exfoliated graphite oxide
· 2007 · cited 13,133x
- Mutation and Cancer: Statistical Study of Retinoblastoma
· 1971 · cited 5,402x
- G PROTEINS: TRANSDUCERS OF RECEPTOR-GENERATED SIGNALS
· 1987 · cited 4,999x
- Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2022 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association
· 2022 · cited 4,820x
- The Somatic Genomic Landscape of Glioblastoma
· 2013 · cited 4,486x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “Now, these men weren’t idiots. They were geniuses who paid a high price for their genius because the rest of their thinking was other-world. A genius is someone who travels to truth by an unexpected path. Unfortunately, unexpected paths lead to disaster in everyday life.”
- “This is my first satellite, and d’you know what it's taught me? There’s just one component in any spacecraft that’s guaranteed to give trouble all the time: scientists!”
- “The mind is the reality. You are what you think.”
- “Powell repressed the wave of exasperation that rose up in him. It was not exasperation with Chooka. It was anger for the relentless force of evolution that insisted on endowing man with increased powers without removing the vestigial vices that prevented him from using them.”
- “He awoke. He was alive. He wasted no time on prayer or thanks but continued the business of survival.”
- “We always do what’s natural, only sometimes we shouldn’t do it.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1913-12-18 ) December 18, 1913 , New York City, U.S.
- Died
- September 30, 1987 (1987-09-30) (aged 73), Doylestown, Pennsylvania , U.S.
- Occupation
- Writer, editor
- Period
- 1939–1981
- Genre
- Science fiction novels, short stories, comic book scripts , TV and radio scripts
- Spouse
- Rolly Bester ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1936 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alfred
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Manhattan
- Place of death
- Doylestown
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Educated at
- University of Pennsylvania
- Languages spoken
- American English
- Notable work
- The Stars My Destination
- Genre
- science fiction
Show 5 more facts
- Commons category
- Alfred Bester
- date of birth
- 1913-12-18
- date of death
- 1987-09-30
- start of work period
- 1939-00-00
- writing language
- English language
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Alfred Bester (December 18, 1913 – September 30, 1987) was an American science fiction author, TV and radio screenwriter, magazine editor, and scriptwriter for comics. He is best remembered for his science fiction, including the novel The Demolished Man, winner of the inaugural Hugo Award in 1953.
Science fiction author Harry Harrison wrote that "Alfred Bester was one of the handful of writers who invented modern science fiction".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alfred Bester” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.