Redemolished

''Redemolished'' is a collection of short stories, interviews, and other articles and essays by

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Alfred Bester Alfred Bester (December 18, 1913 – September 30, 1987) was an American science fiction authors, science fiction author, TV and radio scriptwriter, magazine editor and scripter for comic strips and comic books. He is best remembered for h ...

. Published in 2000 (thirteen years after Bester's death) by iBooks, inc, , edited by Richard Raucci. ''Redemolished'' contains the short stories: * " The Probable Man" * " Hell Is Forever" * "

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" * "The Lost Child" * " I'll Never Celebrate New Year's Again" * " Out of This World" * "

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Something Up There Likes Me "Something Up There Likes Me" is a science fiction short story by American writer Alfred Bester. The story was first published in '' Astounding: The John W Campbell Memorial Anthology'' (1973). Plot summary Jake Madigan, an exobiologist, and en ...

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The Four-Hour Fugue "The Four-Hour Fugue" is a science fiction short story by American writer Alfred Bester, originally published in ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' in 1974. It deals with the mysterious behaviour of a valuable scientist and his relationship with th ...

" It also contains three fictional articles published in

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: * " Gourmet Dining in Outer Space" * " Place of the Month: The Moon" * "The Sun" and four essays: * " Science Fiction and the Renaissance Man", originally delivered as a lecture at the

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in 1957. The other lecturers included

Cyril Kornbluth Cyril M. Kornbluth (July 2, 1923 – March 21, 1958) was an American science fiction author and a member of the Futurians. He used a variety of pen-names, including Cecil Corwin, S. D. Gottesman, Edward J. Bellin, Kenneth Falconer, W ...

Robert A. Heinlein Robert Anson Heinlein (; July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science fiction author, aeronautical engineer, and naval officer. Sometimes called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was among the first to emphasize scientific accu ...

, and

Robert Bloch Robert Albert Bloch (; April 5, 1917September 23, 1994) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime, psychological horror and fantasy, much of which has been dramatized for radio, cinema and television. He also wrote a relatively small ...

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My Affair with Science Fiction My or MY may refer to: Arts and entertainment * My (radio station), a Malaysian radio station * Little My, a fictional character in the Moomins universe * ''My'' (album), by Edyta Górniak * ''My'' (EP), by Cho Mi-yeon Business * Market ...

" Also included are interviews with

John Huston John Marcellus Huston ( ; August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter, actor and visual artist. He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered ...

and

Rex Stout Rex Todhunter Stout (; December 1, 1886 – October 27, 1975) was an American writer noted for his detective fiction. His best-known characters are the detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin, who were featured in 33 novels and ...

, a conversation with

Woody Allen Heywood "Woody" Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American film director, writer, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades and multiple Academy Award-winning films. He began his career writing ...

, brief articles on

Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov ( ; 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and ...

and

, two deleted prologues and an analysis of ''

The Demolished Man ''The Demolished Man'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Alfred Bester, which was the first Hugo Award winner in 1953. An inverted detective story, it was first serialized in three parts, beginning with the January 1952 issue of ''G ...

'', and a

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for Bester written by

, with an introduction by

Gregory S. Benford Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941) is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is professor emeritus at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a contributing editor of ''Reason ...

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