$50 winner, S.F. contest proved Alfred Bester better than the rest A few more stories pseudo-science non-stop Like the plot of the Bester book you couldn't drop! Wrote comics & radio on an 8 years break 'Til commercial TV proved more than he could take He wrote... The Green Lantern Oath! He Knew... What the Shadow knows! When Campbell fell under L. Ron's spell Alfred said, "You can fuckin' go to hell!" Bloodhag think and drink to him still Left his estate to his bartender in his will Man is not slave to science. Science slaves for a man's mind When that man unwinds- that's when Alfred Bester writes! The Demolished Man! The Stars My Destination! Fondly Farenheit! 4,217,409!