Alfred Bester
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| - | [[Image:Bester_1.jpg|thumb|left|100px|A notorious prankster, Bester would often appear on the streets of New York dressed like Ray Bradbury.]] | + | [[Category:Personages]] __NOTOC__ |
| - | ''American, 1913 - 1987. He comes in via new technology for necro-animatronics. He is dead. He receives a space in the corner of the room, stiff clouds of Lysol Disinfectant and lavish but passing attentions.'' | + | <table width="100%" border="0" align="right" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"> |
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| + | ''American, 1913 - 1987. He is the only to arrive by chandelier -- and as such receives huge fucking kudos. Impeccably dressed, our women almost bend to a mysterious gravity. He is: Five times himself. He receives: Same thing.'' | ||
| - | Largely a dead man, one of many, who have participated in Associationalist Agendizing. | + | Presently a dead man, one of many, who have participated in [[Association]]alist Agendizing. Or did he? Many participants in the movement describe Bester as a [[clamper]], or [[worse]], a kind of neo-[[Poob]]. Painter and poet [[William Flintrock]] reported: "He showed up to two, maybe ten parties at most, always blowing off about concrete poetry and wearing a silly rhinestone [[glove]]...." |
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| + | [[Adid]] corroborates the story, adding, "Yeah, I remember the glove -- one time I flushed it down the toilet and he went outside to dig up the septic tank. We all felt horrible, he was so attached to the damn thing -- but it was an affectation too far, you could say. The little sequin jobbies were always coming loose, the next day you'd find them everywhere. I thought at first they were listening devices." | ||
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| + | Bester is known to have introduced [[Addisson]] to the works of a then young Isaac Asimov, as well as several more obscure works of the sci-fi porn underground. A young [[Nevid Kessar]], having read through some of this material he found in a trunk at Stimes' Arlington, Virginia, [[rumpus room]], went on to produce [[To Hear Dreams Around Noon]]. | ||
| == Known Works == | == Known Works == | ||
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| + | The Deceivers | ||
| The Demolished Man | The Demolished Man | ||
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| Stars My Destination | Stars My Destination | ||
| - | The Computer Collection, for this last he was excommunicated between beers, for his "lack of silence". | + | The Computer Collection, for this last he was excommunicated between beers, for his "lack of silence." |
| == See Also == | == See Also == | ||
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| - | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Bester_(author) Wikipedia entry for Alfred Bester.] | + | * [[Dead man]] |
| + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Bester_(author) Wikipedia entry for Alfred Bester.] | ||
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| + | until Five: open with surprise -- an opportunity to tattoo us all. | ||
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| + | [[Image:Alfred Bester.gif|thumb|center|180px|A notorious prankster, Bester would often appear on the streets of New York dressed like Ray Bradbury.]] | ||
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| + | ''Bester used'' the words "swank" and "slattern" to lamentable excess. | ||
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| + | ''No one was ever certain'' what Bester made of [[Michael Jackson]]'s glove. | ||
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| + | ''Bester's self-created'' paper-back covers were said to be "better than they looked." | ||
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American, 1913 - 1987. He is the only to arrive by chandelier -- and as such receives huge fucking kudos. Impeccably dressed, our women almost bend to a mysterious gravity. He is: Five times himself. He receives: Same thing. Presently a dead man, one of many, who have participated in Associationalist Agendizing. Or did he? Many participants in the movement describe Bester as a clamper, or worse, a kind of neo-Poob. Painter and poet William Flintrock reported: "He showed up to two, maybe ten parties at most, always blowing off about concrete poetry and wearing a silly rhinestone glove...." Adid corroborates the story, adding, "Yeah, I remember the glove -- one time I flushed it down the toilet and he went outside to dig up the septic tank. We all felt horrible, he was so attached to the damn thing -- but it was an affectation too far, you could say. The little sequin jobbies were always coming loose, the next day you'd find them everywhere. I thought at first they were listening devices." Bester is known to have introduced Addisson to the works of a then young Isaac Asimov, as well as several more obscure works of the sci-fi porn underground. A young Nevid Kessar, having read through some of this material he found in a trunk at Stimes' Arlington, Virginia, rumpus room, went on to produce To Hear Dreams Around Noon. [edit] Known WorksThe Deceivers The Demolished Man Stars My Destination The Computer Collection, for this last he was excommunicated between beers, for his "lack of silence." [edit] See Also
[edit] Non-Canonical Textuntil Five: open with surprise -- an opportunity to tattoo us all. |
 [edit] DesiderataBester used the words "swank" and "slattern" to lamentable excess. No one was ever certain what Bester made of Michael Jackson's glove. Bester's self-created paper-back covers were said to be "better than they looked." |
