The Demolished Man

Informationen zum Autor Alfred Bester (1913-87) was born in New York and educated at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia. He was a scriptwriter and journalist by profession but he set the science fiction world alight with The Demolished Man and The Stars My Destination and his extraordinary short stories in the 1950s, and blazed a trail for the sf New Wave of the 1960s and the cyberpunk writers of the 1980s. Klappentext In the year 2301, guns are only museum pieces and benign telepaths sweep the minds of the populace to detect crimes before they happen. In 2301 murder is virtually impossible, but one man is about to change that. Zusammenfassung In the year 2301, guns are only museum pieces and benign telepaths sweep the minds of the populace to detect crimes before they happen. In 2301 murder is virtually impossible, but one man is about to change that.

Product details

• Authors: Alfred Bester
• Publisher: Orion
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 08.07.1999
• EAN: 9781857988222
• ISBN: 978-1-85798-822-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Series: S.F. MASTERWORKS; Millenium sf masterworks; S.F. MASTERWORKS; Millenium sf masterworks
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; FICTION / Science Fiction / Space Opera, FICTION / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Science Fiction / Space Exploration