Author

Books by Alfred Bester

Alfred Bester was an American science fiction author whose two major novels, The Demolished Man (1953) and The Stars My Destination (1956), are considered cornerstones of the genre. The Demolished Man won the first Hugo Award for Best Novel. Bester also worked extensively in radio, television, and comics — he wrote Green Lantern stories in the 1940s. His influence on later science fiction, particularly cyberpunk, is widely acknowledged; William Gibson and others have cited him as a direct predecessor. He died in 1987.