THE DEMOLISHED MAN
by Bester, Alfred
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Narrow strip of tanning to front free endpaper along gutter margin, a fine copy in fine dust jacket. (17175)
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, [1953]. First edition. Narrow strip of tanning to front free endpaper along gutter margin, a fine copy in fine dust jacket. (17175). Octavo, cloth-backed boards. One of the subscriber's copies signed by Bester on the front free endpaper. A classic science-fiction novel based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (1866), "in which the obsessed villain ultimately fails to avoid detection by a telepathic policeman, but finds the prospect of punitive 'demolition' less terrible than its name implies." - Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 275. Winner of the 1953 Hugo award for best novel and runner-up for the 1954 International Fantasy Award. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-116. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 7. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 529-32.
Synopsis
The Demolished Man, by Alfred Bester, is a science fiction novel that was the first Hugo Award winner in 1953. The story was first serialized in three parts, beginning with the January 1952 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction, followed by publication of the novel in 1953. The novel is dedicated to Galaxy's editor, H. L. Gold, who made suggestions during its writing. Bester's title was Demolition!, but Gold talked him out of it.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17175
- Title
- THE DEMOLISHED MAN
- Author
- Bester, Alfred
- Book Condition
- Used - Narrow strip of tanning to front free endpaper along gutter margin, a fine copy in fine dust jacket. (17175)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Shasta Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- [1953]
- Keywords
- SF Award . SF . Signed
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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