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Bester, Alfred

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Born: 1913 AD
Died: 1987 AD, at 73 years of age.

Nationality: American
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1913 - Born on the 30th of September in New York City.

1939 - Wrote "The Broken Axiom," and won the amateur short-story contest sponsored by Thrilling Wonder Stories magazine.

1953 - Authored The Demolished Man which won the Hugo Award for best novel.

         - Bester produced one mainstream novel "The Rat Race".

         - Wrote "Disappearing Act.

1954 - Fondly Fahrenheit.

1958 - The Men Who Murdered Mohammed.

1959 - Wrote poems "The Black Nebulea.

1975 - Wrote "The Computer Connection.

1976 - The Light Fantastic.

         - The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester.

1976 - Star Light, Star Bright.

1980 - Golem 100.

1982 - The Deceivers.

1987 - Died on the 30th of September in Doylestown, PA.








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