The Flowered Thundermug

by Alfred Bester

Alfred Bester skewers the 20th Century in this piercing science fictional look back at our age from a remote future. Join the Artsy-Crafty Kid, Jane Tarzan, Edward G. Robinson, and other characters on an adventure beyond our wildest reality!

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction

48 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1964

About the author

Alfred Bester was an American science fiction author, TV and radio scriptwriter, magazine editor and scripter for comic strips and comic books.

Though successful in all these fields, he is best remembered for his science fiction, including The Demolished Man, winner of the inaugural Hugo Award in 1953, a story about murder in a future society where the police are telepathic, and The Stars My Destination, a 1956 SF classic about a man bent on revenge in a world where people can teleport, that inspired numerous authors in the genre and is considered an early precursor to the cyberpunk movement in the 1980s.

AKA:
Άλφρεντ Μπέστερ (Greek)

Reviews

[Bonnie · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun look at how our modern life will be looked at by our descedents, from a couple of centuries remove.

[Steve · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is funny but quite silly with a premise that is well beyond improbable. Far from the top of the form for the usually excellent Alfred Bester.