Special Report: Jad Smith on Alfred Bester

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🗓️ 5 June 2017

⏱️ 57 minutes

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On this special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike talks with Professor Jad Smith about his book, Alfred Bester, part of the University of Illinois Press series, Masters of Science Fiction.
Bester, a master craftsman of prose, is best known for his seminal sci-fi books The Stars My Destination and The Demolished Man.
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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.3	Today we will begin selecting a class president.
0:07.9	I'm not allowed to vote, but I strongly suggest you elect Martin.
0:11.5	Martin.
0:11.7	As you are president, I would demand a science fiction library featuring an ABC of the overlords of the genre.
0:21.2	Asimov, Mr. Clark.
0:23.5	Well, what about Ray Bradbury?
0:24.8	I'm aware of his work.
0:26.2	Thank you, and...
0:28.0	Keep watching the skies. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
0:38.3	And
0:40.3	yeah.
0:41.3	Yeah.
0:42.3	Yeah.
0:44.3	And Hey folks, welcome to the projection booth.
1:00.8	This is your host, Mike White.
1:02.1	On this special episode, I am talking to author Jad Smith about his book from the University of Illinois Press, Alfred Bester.
1:09.9	If you're not familiar with Bester's work,
1:11.6	he is a masterful sci-fi writer. His two greatest novels are The Stars My Destination and the
1:18.6	Demolish Man. They have been trying to bring the Stars My Destination and the Demolish Man to the
1:23.9	big screen for quite a number of years, usually in chapters about the greatest sci-fi films or the greatest films never made,
1:31.6	there's usually a mention of one or both of those.
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