[ExI] psi yet again

[Damien Broderick]

On 7/3/2010 11:17 AM, BillK wrote:

> if Damien's not going to mention them................
>
> Alfred Bester
>
> The Demolished Man (1951)
>
> Tiger! Tiger! (1956)
>       aka The Stars, My Destination
>
> These two books helped shape both the New Wave and cyberpunk.

Great, kinetic, vivid novels. But Alfie's depiction of psi is straight 
from the comics (which he wrote as well) and has zero to do with actual 
psi. I think he was another instance of the attitude one sf writer 
declared: "All the science I need I get from a bottle of scotch."

Damien Broderick