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The whole point of extravagance is to act like a fool and feel like a fool, but enjoy it.
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Birth: | 18th December, 1913 |
Death: | 30th September, 1987 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Author, Cartoonist, Editor, Novelist, Screenwriter, Writer |
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. Science fiction author Harry Harrison wrote, "Alfred Bester was one of the handful of writers who invented modern science fiction." Bester attended the University of Pennsylvania where he was a member of the Philomathean Society. He went on to Columbia Law School, but tired of it and dropped out. Bester's first published short story was the "The Broken Axiom", which appeared in the April 1939 issue of Thrilling Wonder Stories after winning an amateur story competition.
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