PGRule6/AlfredBesterNotes
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Alfred Bester
isfdb claims Alfred Bester was born 18 December 1913 in New York City, NY and died 30 September 1987. Listing only pre-1964 works here.
Novels
- "The Demolished Man" Galaxy January, February, March 1952. RE0000038070 on B00000333181, RE0000038071 on B00000343969, RE0000062185 on B00000345871.
- "The Stars My Destination" Galaxy Oct, Nov, Dec 1956, Jan 1957. RE0000203701 on B00000605456, B00000609504, B00000614587, B00000619281.
Non-Genre
- "Who He?" (1953), reprinted as "The Rat Race" (1956) (WP) clearance requested
Short stories
- The Broken Axiom (1939) Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1939
- No Help Wanted (1939) Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1939
- Guinea Pig, Ph.D. (1940) Startling Stories, March 1940
- Voyage to Nowhere (1940) Thrilling Wonder Stories, July 1940
- The Mad Molecule (1941) Thrilling Wonder Stories, January 1941
- Slaves of the Life-Ray (1941) Thrilling Wonder Stories, February 1941
- The Pet Nebula (1941) Astonishing Stories, February 1941
- The Probable Man (1941) Astounding Science-Fiction, July 1941 (serial renewed R438703)
- Adam and No Eve (1941) Astounding Science-Fiction, September 1941 (serial renewed R442438)
- The Biped, Reegan (1941) Super Science Stories, November 1941
- Life for Sale (1942) Amazing Stories, January 1942
- "The Push of a Finger" ASF May 1942. etext:61551
- "The Unseen Blushers" Astonishing Stories June 1942. etext:68599
- Hell Is Forever (1942) Unknown Worlds, August 1942
- Oddy and Id (1950) Astounding Science Fiction, August 1950
- Variant: The Devil's Invention (1950)
- Of Time and Third Avenue (1951) RE0000029524 / 1979-06-21 for: B00000315213 / 1951-07-27
- Hobson's Choice (1952) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1952 (serial renewed RE-68-552)
- Disappearing Act (1953) Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2
- The Roller Coaster (1953) Fantastic, May-June 1953
- Star Light, Star Bright (1953) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1953 (serial renewed RE-108-877)
- Time Is the Traitor (1953) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1953 (serial renewed RE-108-878)
- 5,271,009 (1954) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1954 (serial renewed RE-145-793)
- Variant: The Starcomber (1958)
- Fondly Fahrenheit (1954) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1954 (serial renewed RE-151-328)
- The Die-Hard (1958) in "Starburst"
- Travel Diary (1958) in "Starburst"
- The Men Who Murdered Mohammed (1958) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1958 (serial renewed RE-316-284)
- Will You Wait? (1959) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1959 (serial renewed RE-362-920)
- The Black Nebulea (Quintet, Part 1) (1959) [only as by Sonny Powell] The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1959 (serial renewed RE-362-926)
- The Pi Man (1959) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1959 (serial renewed RE-362-927)
- I Will Never Celebrate New Year's Again (1963) ("First published in _Rogue_.")
- They Don't Make Life Like They Used to (1963) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1963 (serial renewed RE-562-349)
- Variant: They Don't Make Life Like They Used to... (1964)