Alfred Bester
Born
in New York, The United States
December 18, 1913
Died
September 30, 1987
Genre
The Stars My Destination
182 editions
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published
1956
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The Demolished Man
158 editions
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published
1953
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Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester
by
8 editions
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published
1997
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The Computer Connection
31 editions
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published
1975
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Psychoshop
by
2 editions
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1998
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The Dark Side of the Earth
8 editions
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published
1964
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The Deceivers
22 editions
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published
1981
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Golem 100
12 editions
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published
1980
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Starburst
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21 editions
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published
1958
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Fondly Fahrenheit
3 editions
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published
1954
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“Faith in faith' he answered himself. 'It isn't necessary to have something to believe in. It's only necessary to believe that somewhere there's something worthy of belief.”
― The Stars My Destination
― The Stars My Destination
“You pigs, you. You rut like pigs, is all. You got the most in you, and you use the least. You hear me, you? Got a million in you and spend pennies. Got a genius in you and think crazies. Got a heart in you and feel empties. All a you. Every you...'
[...]
Take a war to make you spend. Take a jam to make you think. Take a challenge to make you great. Rest of the time you sit around lazy, you. Pigs, you! All right, God damn you! I challenge you, me. Die or live and be great. Blow yourselves to Christ gone or come and find me, Gully Foyle, and I make you men. I make you great. I give you the stars.”
― The Stars My Destination
[...]
Take a war to make you spend. Take a jam to make you think. Take a challenge to make you great. Rest of the time you sit around lazy, you. Pigs, you! All right, God damn you! I challenge you, me. Die or live and be great. Blow yourselves to Christ gone or come and find me, Gully Foyle, and I make you men. I make you great. I give you the stars.”
― The Stars My Destination
“Gully Foyle is my name
And Terra is my nation.
Deep space is my dwelling place,
The stars my destination.”
― The Stars My Destination
And Terra is my nation.
Deep space is my dwelling place,
The stars my destination.”
― The Stars My Destination
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