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  • Re: (Tears) The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester

    From Titus G@noone@nowhere.com to rec.arts.sf.written on Mon Feb 16 15:48:34 2026
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    On 16/02/2026 01:16, James Nicoll wrote:
    The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester

    Ben Reich plans a perfect murder in a world where getting away with
    murder is impossible.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/mind-games

    1953? Good grief. I had forgotten how old it was. I reread it this
    century and thoroughly enjoyed it though;
    (Gully Foyle is my name
    Terra is my nation
    Deep Space is my dwelling place),
    The Stars My Destination
    remains my favourite of his.
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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to rec.arts.sf.written on Mon Feb 16 03:21:47 2026
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    On Sun, 15 Feb 2026 07:16:42 -0500 (EST), James Nicoll wrote:

    The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester

    Ben Reich plans a perfect murder in a world where getting away with
    murder is impossible.

    Most of the names were fairly easy to figure out, except rCL$$sonrCY. What
    do you think that was?

    My inspired guess was rCLJeffersonrCY. Ask me how!
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