Alfred Bester:
"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 stylis...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Urbana ; Chicago ; Springfield
University of Illinois Press
2016
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| Schriftenreihe: | Modern masters of science fiction
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| Zusammenfassung: | "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"-- |
| Beschreibung: | 208 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9780252082139 9780252040634 |
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| contents | Introduction Alfred Bester: The Insider's Outsider -- Chapter 1 Beginnings: Early Life and First Stories -- Chapter 2 Of Things to Come: The Astounding and Unknown Stories -- Chapter 3 Comics, Radio, and the Return to SF -- Chapter 4 The Eureka Years -- Chapter 5 Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright -- Chapter 6 Hiatus and Search for a New Style -- Conclusion -- An Alfred Bester Bibliography |
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| spelling | Smith, Jad Verfasser (DE-588)1032658657 aut Alfred Bester Jad Smith Urbana ; Chicago ; Springfield University of Illinois Press 2016 208 Seiten Illustrationen txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Modern masters of science fiction Introduction Alfred Bester: The Insider's Outsider -- Chapter 1 Beginnings: Early Life and First Stories -- Chapter 2 Of Things to Come: The Astounding and Unknown Stories -- Chapter 3 Comics, Radio, and the Return to SF -- Chapter 4 The Eureka Years -- Chapter 5 Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright -- Chapter 6 Hiatus and Search for a New Style -- Conclusion -- An Alfred Bester Bibliography "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"-- Bester, Alfred / Criticism and interpretation Bester, Alfred Bester, Alfred fast Bester, Alfred 1913-1987 (DE-588)118658654 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1900-2000 Science fiction, American / History and criticism Authors, American / 20th century / Biography LITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary bisacsh Authors, American fast Science fiction, American fast (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content Bester, Alfred 1913-1987 (DE-588)118658654 p DE-604 |
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