The Demolished Man
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In the year 2301, guns are only museum pieces and benign telepaths sweep the minds of the populace to detect crimes before they happen. In 2301 murder is virtually impossible, but one man is about to change that...
Ben Reich, a psychopathic business magnate, has devised the ultimate scheme to eliminate the competition and destroy the order of his society. The Demolished Man is a masterpiece of imaginative suspense, set in a superbly imagined world in which everything has changed except the ancient instinct for murder.Buy now!
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- ISBN: 9781857988222
- Author: Alfred Bester
- Pub date: 01.10.99
- RRP: $24.99
- Format: Paperback / softback
Author
Alfred Bester
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* #14 in the Millennium SF Masterworks series, a library of the finest science fiction ever written* The first-ever winner of the Hugo Award for best sf novel of the year.* Bester s two superb books have stood the test of time. For nearly fifty years they ve held their place on everybody s list of the ten greatest sf novels -- Robert Silverberg* Alfred Bester wrote with the pedal to the floor and the headlights on full beam. His work combined erudition with an unparalleled imaginative inventiveness. Bester was writing cyberpunk while William Gibson was still running around zapping the other kids at school with a toy raygun -- James LovegroveOther books by the author
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