Starburst (Alfred Bester)

Starburst

Cover of first edition.

Author| Alfred Bester
Cover artist| Richard M. Powers
Country| United States
Language| English
Genre| Science fiction
Publisher| Signet Books

Publication date

| 1958
Media type| Print (paperback)
Pages| 160 pp

Starburst is a collection of science fiction stories by American writer Alfred Bester, originally published in paperback by Signet Books in 1958. Signet issued at least four reprint editions of the collection over more than twenty years; British editions were published by Sphere Books and Pan Books.

## Contents[edit]

* "Disappearing Act" (Star 1953)
* "Adam and No Eve" (Astounding 1941)
* "Star Light, Star Bright" (F&SF 1953)
* "The Roller Coaster" (Fantastic 1953)
* "Oddy and Id" (Astounding 1950)
* "The Starcomber" (F&SF 1954)
* "Travel Diary" (original)
* "Fondly Fahrenheit" (F&SF 1954)
* "Hobson’s Choice" (F&SF 1952)
* "The Die-Hard" (original)
* "Of Time and Third Avenue" (F&SF 1951)

"Oddy and Id" was originally published as "The Devil's Invention". "The Starcomber" was originally published as "5,271,009".[1]

## Reception[edit]

Anthony Boucher praised Starburst as "one of the most notable single-author collections ever published in our field."[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections
2. ^ "Recommended Reading," F&SF, August 1958, p.107.

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Works by Alfred Bester

Novels|

* The Demolished Man (1953)
* Who He? (1953)
* The Stars My Destination (1956)
* The Computer Connection (1975)
* Golem100 (1980)
* The Deceivers (1981)
* Tender Loving Rage (1991)
* Psychoshop (with Roger Zelazny) (1998)

Short stories|

* "Time is the Traitor" (1953)
* "Star Light, Star Bright" (1953)
* "5,271,009" (1954)
* "Fondly Fahrenheit" (1954)
* "The Men Who Murdered Mohammed" (1958)
* "The Pi Man" (1959)
* "Something Up There Likes Me" (1973)
* "The Four-Hour Fugue" (1974)

Collections|

* Starburst (1958)
* The Dark Side of the Earth (1964)
* An Alfred Bester Omnibus (1968)
* Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester (1976)
* The Light Fantastic Volume 1: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester (1976)
* Star Light, Star Bright: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester, Volume 2 (1976)
* The Light Fantastic Volume 2: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester (1976)
* Virtual Unrealities (1997)
* Redemolished (2000)

Non-fiction|

* The Life and Death of a Satellite (1966)

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