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Berkley Publishing Corporation : New York, 1977. Paperback. good/no jacket. Starlight, by Alfred Bester,
a Berkley Medallion Book published by Berkley Publishing Corporation 1977, ISBN#: 0425034518, Soft bound, Good- condition (cover wear at corners, edges and along spine, tear on top front cover at spine, light spine crease). This is a fantastic collection of some of the best great short fiction of Alfred Bester. If you are not familiar with Besters work, this is a great chance to acquire one of his best works. Alfred Bester was born in Manhattan in 1913, the city which appears in much of his writing. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, gave law school a try, got married in 1936, and then began his long writing career. A childhood spent reading fairy tales, H. G. Wells, and the then new magazine Amazing Quarterly naturally led him to attempt to write science fiction. His first story, "The Broken Axiom," published in Thrilling Wonder Stories in… Read More