Alexander Besher's Books
Jan.13.1999
"Chi is probably what a Robin Williams monologue for SF fans would be like. Rapid-fire ideas from every direction that can leave you dazed and amazed."--Science Fiction Weekly
"(Besher writes with) outrageous bravura (and) imaginative leaps, in a style that nods to Kurt Vonnegut, Philip K. Dick, and Robert Sheckley--science...
Jan.13.1998
"Besher effortlessly hurtles us into inner universes in a single sentence." --Wired Magazine
"Incredibly compelling with (his) mix of technology and metaphysics, human consciousness and virtual reality." --Moira Gunn, "Tech Nation," National Public Radio
The year is 2036, and epidermal programming is all the rage...
Jan.13.1994
"'Blade Runner' meets William Gibson meets Douglas Adams." --Entertainment Weekly (in an A- review)
"Besher has delivered a rippingly good yarn that also defines a new genre--cyber noir. (Rim) is a book destined to become a classic."--Paul Saffo, Director, Institute for the Future
It's 2027. Tokyo has survived the...
Jan.14.1990
"Alexander Besher's 'The Pacific Rim Almanac' is a wonderful book! Information on the matchless Pacific Rim economy--that is not biased and political--is still amazingly scarce. This book fills a void. It is fact-filled, stimulating and entertaining to boot."--Tom Peters, author of "Thriving on Chaos" and co-author of "In Search of Excellence"
THE MANGA MAN
A Novel and a Graphic Novel-in-Progress with Daniele Serra
Introducing the new anti-millennial hero Johnny Hara—the half-animé, half-human post-Zen “Butoh” dancer-assassin from the Edge of the Future.
His mission: To stop the warlords who seek to clone the universe.
The Manga Man is the first novel in ten years by Alexander Besher, the Philip K. Dick Award nominated...
"Cyberpunk glitz and biotechnology blend with warped Eastern mysticism in Alexander Besher's loosely linked Rim sf series. This began with 'Rim,' set in 2027, and continued with 'Mir'--one of whose bizarre inventions was sentient tattoos. By the time of 'Chi,' it's 2038 and the world is even weirder . . . A mysterious and decidedly...
About Alexander
Welcome to Chairman Besher’s Mausoleum (1951-):
Born in China of Russian parents as a stateless person, raised and educated in Japan, Alexander Besher is a San Francisco-based author, journalist (when journalism was still journalism), and novelist. He...
Connections
Causes Alexander Besher Supports
Médecins Sans Frontières; anything to do with children and animals; The World Court in the Hague. (One can still dream in this fascistocracy, can't they...