Alfred Bester
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Alfred Bester was an American science fiction author, TV and radio scriptwriter, magazine editor and scriptwriter for comics. He is best remembered for his science fiction, including The Demolished Man, winner of the inaugural Hugo Award in 1953.
Rolly Bester in a 1948 ABC Radio publicity shot
The first installment of Bester's The Demolished Man was the cover story in the January 1952 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction
The first installment of Bester's next SF novel, The Stars My Destination, took the cover of the October 1956 issue of Galaxy
The Demolished Man
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The Demolished Man is a science fiction novel by American writer Alfred Bester, which was the first Hugo Award winner in 1953. An inverted detective story, it was first serialized in three parts, beginning with the January 1952 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction, followed by publication of the novel in 1953. The novel is dedicated to Galaxy's editor, H. L. Gold, who made suggestions during its writing. Bester's title was Demolition!, but Gold talked him out of it.
Cover of first edition (hardcover)
The first installment of Bester's The Demolished Man was the cover story in the January 1952 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction.