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Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print (Paperback)

Originally published
  
1958

Genre
  
Science Fiction

Cover artist
  
Richard M. Powers

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Publication date
  
1958

Pages
  
160 pp

Author
  
Alfred Bester

Publisher
  
New American Library

Country
  
United States of America

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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

Contents

  • "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".

    Reception

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

    References

    Starburst (Alfred Bester) Wikipedia
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