Alfred Bester

Citations

• “This is my first satellite, and d’you know what it’s taught me? There’s just one component in any spacecraft that’s guaranteed to give trouble all the time: scientists!”

• “He awoke. He was alive. He wasted no time on prayer or thanks but continued the business of survival.”

• “It was anger for the relentless force of evolution that insisted on endowing man with increased powers without removing the vestigial vices that prevented him from using them.”

• “Revenge is for dreams...never for reality.”

• “That’s me,” he said, motioning to the robot. “That’s all of us. We prattle about free will, but we’re nothing but response...mechanical reaction in prescribed grooves.”

Les livres de Alfred Bester dans l'ordre

Les livres de Alfred Bester dans l'ordre de parution, de The Demolished Man (1951) à Kaplan! Kaplan! (2017).

1. 1The Demolished ManThe Demolished Man1951
2. 2The Stars My DestinationThe Stars My Destination1956
3. 3Tiger! Tiger!Tiger! Tiger!1956
4. 4StarburstStarburst1958
5. 5The Dark Side of the EarthThe Dark Side of the Earth1964
6. 6ExtroExtro1975
7. 7The Computer ConnectionThe Computer Connection1975
8. 8StarlightStarlight1976
9. 9The Light FantasticThe Light Fantastic1976
10. 10Star Light, Star BrightStar Light, Star Bright1978
11. 11Golem 100Golem 1001980
12. 12The DeceiversThe Deceivers1981
13. 13RedemolishedRedemolished2000
14. 14El hombre demolidoEl hombre demolido2003
15. 15The Flowered ThundermugThe Flowered Thundermug2008
16. 16Las estrellas, mi destinoLas estrellas, mi destino2009
17. 17Alfred Bester's The Stars My DestinationAlfred Bester's The Stars My Destination2012
18. 18Kaplan! Kaplan!Kaplan! Kaplan!2017
19. 19Virtual UnrealitiesVirtual Unrealities