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  • (Worst) Golem100 by Alfred Bester

    From James Nicoll@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Jun 26 22:54:40 2025
    Golem100 by Alfred Bester

    What could possibly go wrong with a little harmless Satanism between friends?

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  • From William Hyde@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Jun 27 05:42:14 2025
    James Nicoll wrote:
    Golem100 by Alfred Bester

    What could possibly go wrong with a little harmless Satanism between friends?

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/from-the-id

    The only thing I recall about this book is that in it he used one item
    noted in his commonplace book, sections of which he published in a Roger
    Mills collection circa 1960.

    I didn't know about the alcohol dependence. An autobiographical essay
    written in the early 1980s gives no sign of this, either in the text or
    style of writing. It sounds much like interviews with Bester from
    earlier decades.


    William Hyde

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