Alfred Bester Signed First Edition Hugo Award 1953 The Demolished Man HC withDJ
Signed by Alfred Bester on the FFEP. DJ has shelf-wear present (chip present to the crown & heel of the DJ spine). Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (rear board lightly bowed and scuffed and worn).
Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. In a world policed by telepaths, Ben Reich plans to commit a crime that hasn't been heard of in 70 years: murder.
That's the only option left for Reich, whose company is losing a 10-year death struggle with rival D'Courtney Enterprises. Terrorized in his dreams by The Man With No Face and driven to the edge after D'Courtney refuses a merger offer, Reich murders his rival and bribes a high-ranking telepath to help him cover his tracks. But while police prefect Lincoln Powell knows Reich is guilty, his telepath's knowledge is a far cry from admissible evidence. Alfred Bester Signed First Edition Hugo Award 1953 The Demolished Man HC w/DJ. Up For Sale Today is. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities rear board lightly bowed and scuffed and worn. Alfred Bester (December 18, 1913 September 30, 1987) 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 probably best remembered today 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. Shortly before his death, the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) named Bester its ninth Grand Master, presented posthumously in 1988. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame inducted him in 2001.
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- Subject: Literature & Fiction
- Topic: Science Fiction
- Original/Facsimile: Original
- Binding: Hardcover
- Special Attributes: 1st Edition
- Publisher: Shasta Publishers
- Place of Publication: New York
- Year Printed: 1953
- Author: Alfred Bester
- Region: North America
- Language: English
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Character Family: Hugo Award Winner