Alfred Bester
Alfred Bester
Alfred Besterwas 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 best remembered for his science fiction, including The Demolished Man, winner of the inaugural Hugo Award in 1953...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth18 December 1913
CountryUnited States of America
grateful passion men
Be grateful that you only see the outward man. Be grateful that you never see the passions, the hatreds, the jealousies, the malice, the sicknesses... Be grateful you rarely see the frightening truth in people.
nonsense entropy cents
Millions for nonsense, but not one cent for entropy.
obvious ability intellect
Intellect is the ability to avoid belaboring the obvious.
lemmings freak life-is
Life is a freak. That’s its hope and glory.
fifteen fifty wanted
If you can have everything at fifty that you wanted when you were fifteen, you're happy.
damn-you people together
Damn you!" Dagenham raged, "Don't you realize that you can't trust people? They don't know enough for their own good." "Then let them learn or die. We're all in this together. Let's live or die together.
robots free-will said
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.