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Alfred Bester

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Alfred Bester

18 Dec 1913 – 30 Sep 1987

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

Bibliography

Books

30 books

100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories cover

100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories

1978

Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Larry Niven, Charles E. Fritch, Bill Pronzini, George R. R. Martin, Jerome Bixby, Ambrose Bierce, Edward D. Hoch, Alexei Panshin, Martin Gardner, Steven Utley, Gregory Benford, Richard Wilson, Robert Sheckley, Roger Zelazny, Damon Knight, Reginald Bretnor, Frederik Pohl, Laurence M. Janifer, James Blish, Joanna Russ, Ray Russell, Edward Wellen, Donald E. Westlake, Ben Bova, Barry N. Malzberg, Fred Saberhagen, Fritz Leiber, Karen Anderson, Bob Shaw, William F. Nolan, Henry Slesar, Dannie Plachta, Edward Rager, Hayford Peirce, Jeffrey S. Hudson, Walter S. Tevis, James Edward Sutherland, Joe L. Hensley, Duane Ackerson, Stephen Goldin, Robert Emmett Toomey Jr., Alfred Bester, Anthony Boucher, Nelson Slade Bond, F. M. Busby, Maggie Nadler, Grant Carrington, Keith Laumer, E. Michael Blake, James E. Gunn, Paul Dellinger, Lee Killough, Thomas F. Monteleone, Robert T. Kurosaka, James E. Thompson, Robert L. Fish, Bruce McAllister, Paul Bond, Mildred Downey Broxon, Alan Edward Nourse, David Bischoff, Ralph Milne Farley, Daniel A. Darlington, Walt Liebscher, K. W. MacAnn

Galaxy cover

Galaxy

1980

Frederik Pohl, Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Fritz Leiber, Damon Knight, William Tenn, Robert Sheckley, William Morrison, Jerome Bixby, Margaret St. Clair, Alan Arkin, Zenna Henderson, Cordwainer Smith, Judith Merril, Algis Budrys, Jim Harmon, Allan Danzig, Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg, Larry Niven, James Tiptree, Jr., Theodore Sturgeon, R. A. Lafferty, Harlan Ellison, Ursula K. Le Guin, Cyril M. Kornbluth, John Varley, Alfred Bester, H. L. Gold, Genevieve Collins Linebarger

Assignment in Tomorrow cover

Assignment in Tomorrow

1954

Frederik Pohl, Theodore Sturgeon, Jerome Bixby, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Ray Bradbury, Lester del Rey, Alfred Bester, Kurt Vonnegut, James H. Schmitz, Jack Williamson, Algis Budrys, H. L. Gold, Richard Wilson, Peter Phillips, Fletcher Pratt, Fredric Brown, Philip José Farmer

Laughing Space cover

Laughing Space

1982

Isaac Asimov, Janet Asimov, John Stallings, L. Sprague De Camp, Ogden Nash, Robert Hillyer, Russell Baker, Alan Edward Nourse, Alan Nelson, Jack C. Haldeman, Sherwood Springer, Katherine MacLean, Lion Miller, Gerald Jonas, Norman Kagan, D. F. Jones, Ludwig Bemelmans, Robert Grossbach, Theodore Sturgeon, George Gamow, Fred Hoyle, Ben Bova, A. J. Deutsch , Alfred Bester, Jesse F. Bone, Randall Garrett, Sansoucy Kathenor, Avram Davidson, Robert Sheckley, Jon Lucas, Fritz Leiber, Damon Knight, John M. Ford, Leo Szilard, Mary W. Stanton, Cam Thornley, Dian Girard, Larry T. Shaw, Arnie Bateman, Evelyn E. Smith, Frank Ramirez, Robert Arthur, Jack Finney, Anne Lear, Cynthia Goldstone, Al Sarrantonio, George Alec Effinger, Brad Cahoon, Thomas N. Scortia, Charles Beaumont, Chad Oliver, Raylyn Moore, K. J. Snow, Deborah Crawford, Kevin O'Donnell, Jr, Clifford D. Simak, Richard Matheson, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Patricia Nurse, Reginald Bretnor, Jon L. Breen, James T. Farrell, E. Y. Harburg, Bill Pronzini, Hal Draper

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 16 (1954) cover

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 16 (1954)

1987

Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Richard Matheson, Damon Knight, Gordon R. Dickson, William Tenn, Randall Garrett, Donald A. Wollheim, Alfred Bester, Tom Godwin, Mildred Clingerman, Chad Oliver, Edgar Pangborn, Algis Budrys, Philip K. Dick, Arthur C. Clarke, Anthony Boucher, H. L. Gold, Fredric Brown

Science fact/fiction cover

Science fact/fiction

1974

Edmund J. Farrell, Robert Sheckley, Anatoly Dnieprov, Richard Brautigan, Kurt Vonnegut, Karel Čapek, David Ely, Isaac Asimov, Charles Beaumont, Jack Anderson, Robert Bloch, Arthur C. Clarke, William Morrison, Fritz Leiber, Harry Harrison, H. G. Wells, Arthur Koestler, Howard Fast, Roald Dahl, Peter Tompkins, Christopher Bird, Fredric Brown, T.P. Caravan, Damon Knight, May Swenson, Philip José Farmer, Philip J. Hilts, Marion Gross, Ray Bradbury, Jack Lewis, Jack Finney, Josephine Miles, Edmond Hamilton, Wolfgang Pauli, Walter S. Tevis, Olga Cabral, Douglas Colligan, Frederik Pohl, Alfred Bester, Shirley Jackson, Philip K. Dick, William Stafford, R. Buckminster Fuller

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 25 (1963) cover

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 25 (1963)

1992

Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Fred Saberhagen, Christopher Anvil, John Brunner, Poul Anderson, Clifford D. Simak, McAllister, Bruce., Hal Clement, Robert Silverberg, Ray Nelson, Alfred Bester, William Tenn, Roger Zelazny, Philip K. Dick

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury (The Future in Question / Space Mail) cover

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury (The Future in Question / Space Mail)

1980

Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Edmond Hamilton, Brian W. Aldiss, Mark Clifton, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Sheckley, Robert Silverberg, Ron Goulart, James Tiptree, Jr., Kate Wilhelm, Theodore Sturgeon, Alfred Bester, John W. Campbell, Damon Knight, Frederik Pohl, William Tenn, James Blish, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Chandler Davis, Patricia Nurse, Ray Russell, William Sambrot, Judith Merril, Sharon Webb, Fredric Brown, Jack Lewis, Gordon R. Dickson, Mildred Clingerman, A. E. van Vogt, Dean R. Lambe, Howard Fast, Daniel Keyes, George R. R. Martin, Barry N. Malzberg, Christopher Anvil, Anthony R. Lewis, H. Beam Piper, Murray Leinster

Nova Four cover

Nova Four

1974

Harry Harrison, Brian W. Aldiss, Robert Sheckley, Alfred Bester, Kit Reed, Barry N. Malzberg

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) cover

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 3 (1941)

1980

Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Eric Frank Russell, Theodore Sturgeon, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Robert Arthur, Ross Rocklynne, A. E. van Vogt, Fredric Brown, Alfred Bester, James Blish, Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore, Anthony Boucher, Lester del Rey, Maurice G. Hugi

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame -- Volume Two cover

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame -- Volume Two

1972

Ben Bova, Robert Silverberg, Judith Merril, Cordwainer Smith, Ray Bradbury, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Richard Matheson, Fritz Leiber, Anthony Boucher, James Blish, Arthur C. Clarke, Jerome Bixby, Tom Godwin, Alfred Bester, Damon Knight, Daniel Keyes, Roger Zelazny

The Golden Years of Science Fiction -- Second Series cover

The Golden Years of Science Fiction -- Second Series

1983

Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Maurice G. Hugi, Eric Frank Russell, Theodore Sturgeon, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Robert Arthur, Ross Rocklynne, A. E. van Vogt, Fredric Brown, Alfred Bester, James Blish, Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore, Anthony Boucher, Lester del Rey, Hal Clement, George Oliver Smith, Donald A. Wollheim

Isaac Asimov presents the golden age of science fiction. Sixth Series cover

Isaac Asimov presents the golden age of science fiction. Sixth Series

1988

Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, John D. MacDonald, Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore, Peter Phillips, Edmond Hamilton, Arthur C. Clarke, Clifford D. Simak, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Philip MacDonald, Theodore Sturgeon, Ray Bradbury, Katherine MacLean, James H. Schmitz, Damon Knight, Eric Frank Russell, Cordwainer Smith, Richard Matheson, A. E. van Vogt, Alfred Bester, William Morrison, Fritz Leiber, A. J. Deutsch , Charles L. Harness

The Magazine of fantasy and science fiction. A 30-year retrospective cover

The Magazine of fantasy and science fiction. A 30-year retrospective

1980

Edward L. Ferman, Isaac Asimov, Alfred Bester, Theodore Sturgeon, Reginald Bretnor, Damon Knight, Daniel Keyes, Walter M. Miller Jr., John Ciardi, Shirley Jackson, James Tiptree, Jr., Richard Matheson, Harlan Ellison, Zenna Henderson, Hilbert Schenck, Robert Silverberg, Philip K. Dick, Avram Davidson, Sonya Dorman, Thomas M. Disch, Anthony Boucher

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 21 (1959) cover

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 21 (1959)

1990

Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Lawrence Block, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, Damon Knight, Philip José Farmer, Carol Emshwiller, William Tenn, Robert Sheckley, Theodore Sturgeon, Clifford D. Simak, Alfred Bester, Jack Sharkey, Mark Clifton, Chandler Davis

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Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 14 (1952)

1986

Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Ray Bradbury, Fritz Leiber, Peter Phillips, Mark Clifton, Eric Frank Russell, Mack Reynolds, Alfred Bester, Katherine MacLean, F. L. Wallace, John D. MacDonald, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Walter M. Miller Jr., Robert Sheckley, Edmond Hamilton, Philip José Farmer