Alfred Bester (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780252040634)

Alfred Bester's classic short stories and the canonical novel The Stars My Destination made him a science fiction legend. Fans and scholars praise him as a genre-bending pioneer and cyberpunk forefather. Writers like Neil Gaiman and William Gibson celebrate his prophetic vision and stylistic innovations.

Jad Smith traces the career of the unlikeliest of SF icons. Winner of the first Hugo Award for The Demolished Man, Bester also worked in comics, radio, and TV, and his intermittent SF writing led some critics to brand him a dabbler. In the 1960s, however, New Wave writers championed his work, and his reputation grew. Smith follows Bester's journey from consummate outsider to an artist venerated for foundational works that influenced the New Wave and cyberpunk revolutions. He also explores the little-known roots of a wayward journey fueled by curiosity, disappointment with the SF mainstream, and an artist's determination to go his own way.

Author: Jad Smith
ISBN-10: 0252040635
ISBN-13: 9780252040634
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2017
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.80d