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Alfred Bester's novel The Demolished Man was initially published (in Galaxy magazine) with such character names as “T8”, “$$son”, “@kins” and “¼maine” (a precursor to SMS-speak). The subsequent book publication greatly toned down the use of such abbreviations. Short of locating old issues of Galaxy, is the original version available somewhere?



ISFDB does not mention any differing versions.
My source for the existence of the original version is Randall Garrett's review in verse in Takeoff!.










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  • I read the The Demolished Man not long and never found any SMS-Speak names in it. The version must have removed or renamed them.

    – scope_creep
    Jan 17 '11 at 2:26











  • There is a very second hand book shop, close to where I'll live, with a vast SF section. I'll check it out.

    – scope_creep
    Jan 18 '11 at 23:43











  • @scope_creep: My edition has “Samuel @kins” midway through chapter i. In the original, Tate (mentioned in the same sentence) was called “T8”.

    – user56
    Jan 18 '11 at 23:53











  • The copy I read had the abbreviations. Sadly I think it was borrowed.

    – Christi
    Jun 28 '12 at 13:00











  • As with Gilles, my copy has @kins, ¼maine and Wyg&, but not T8 or $$son. It's a Pocket paperback from around 1980.

    – Mike Scott
    Jun 28 '12 at 16:21


















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Alfred Bester's novel The Demolished Man was initially published (in Galaxy magazine) with such character names as “T8”, “$$son”, “@kins” and “¼maine” (a precursor to SMS-speak). The subsequent book publication greatly toned down the use of such abbreviations. Short of locating old issues of Galaxy, is the original version available somewhere?



ISFDB does not mention any differing versions.
My source for the existence of the original version is Randall Garrett's review in verse in Takeoff!.










share|improve this question

























  • I read the The Demolished Man not long and never found any SMS-Speak names in it. The version must have removed or renamed them.

    – scope_creep
    Jan 17 '11 at 2:26











  • There is a very second hand book shop, close to where I'll live, with a vast SF section. I'll check it out.

    – scope_creep
    Jan 18 '11 at 23:43











  • @scope_creep: My edition has “Samuel @kins” midway through chapter i. In the original, Tate (mentioned in the same sentence) was called “T8”.

    – user56
    Jan 18 '11 at 23:53











  • The copy I read had the abbreviations. Sadly I think it was borrowed.

    – Christi
    Jun 28 '12 at 13:00











  • As with Gilles, my copy has @kins, ¼maine and Wyg&, but not T8 or $$son. It's a Pocket paperback from around 1980.

    – Mike Scott
    Jun 28 '12 at 16:21














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Alfred Bester's novel The Demolished Man was initially published (in Galaxy magazine) with such character names as “T8”, “$$son”, “@kins” and “¼maine” (a precursor to SMS-speak). The subsequent book publication greatly toned down the use of such abbreviations. Short of locating old issues of Galaxy, is the original version available somewhere?



ISFDB does not mention any differing versions.
My source for the existence of the original version is Randall Garrett's review in verse in Takeoff!.










share|improve this question
















Alfred Bester's novel The Demolished Man was initially published (in Galaxy magazine) with such character names as “T8”, “$$son”, “@kins” and “¼maine” (a precursor to SMS-speak). The subsequent book publication greatly toned down the use of such abbreviations. Short of locating old issues of Galaxy, is the original version available somewhere?



ISFDB does not mention any differing versions.
My source for the existence of the original version is Randall Garrett's review in verse in Takeoff!.







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  • I read the The Demolished Man not long and never found any SMS-Speak names in it. The version must have removed or renamed them.

    – scope_creep
    Jan 17 '11 at 2:26











  • There is a very second hand book shop, close to where I'll live, with a vast SF section. I'll check it out.

    – scope_creep
    Jan 18 '11 at 23:43











  • @scope_creep: My edition has “Samuel @kins” midway through chapter i. In the original, Tate (mentioned in the same sentence) was called “T8”.

    – user56
    Jan 18 '11 at 23:53











  • The copy I read had the abbreviations. Sadly I think it was borrowed.

    – Christi
    Jun 28 '12 at 13:00











  • As with Gilles, my copy has @kins, ¼maine and Wyg&, but not T8 or $$son. It's a Pocket paperback from around 1980.

    – Mike Scott
    Jun 28 '12 at 16:21



















  • I read the The Demolished Man not long and never found any SMS-Speak names in it. The version must have removed or renamed them.

    – scope_creep
    Jan 17 '11 at 2:26











  • There is a very second hand book shop, close to where I'll live, with a vast SF section. I'll check it out.

    – scope_creep
    Jan 18 '11 at 23:43











  • @scope_creep: My edition has “Samuel @kins” midway through chapter i. In the original, Tate (mentioned in the same sentence) was called “T8”.

    – user56
    Jan 18 '11 at 23:53











  • The copy I read had the abbreviations. Sadly I think it was borrowed.

    – Christi
    Jun 28 '12 at 13:00











  • As with Gilles, my copy has @kins, ¼maine and Wyg&, but not T8 or $$son. It's a Pocket paperback from around 1980.

    – Mike Scott
    Jun 28 '12 at 16:21

















I read the The Demolished Man not long and never found any SMS-Speak names in it. The version must have removed or renamed them.

– scope_creep
Jan 17 '11 at 2:26





I read the The Demolished Man not long and never found any SMS-Speak names in it. The version must have removed or renamed them.

– scope_creep
Jan 17 '11 at 2:26













There is a very second hand book shop, close to where I'll live, with a vast SF section. I'll check it out.

– scope_creep
Jan 18 '11 at 23:43





There is a very second hand book shop, close to where I'll live, with a vast SF section. I'll check it out.

– scope_creep
Jan 18 '11 at 23:43













@scope_creep: My edition has “Samuel @kins” midway through chapter i. In the original, Tate (mentioned in the same sentence) was called “T8”.

– user56
Jan 18 '11 at 23:53





@scope_creep: My edition has “Samuel @kins” midway through chapter i. In the original, Tate (mentioned in the same sentence) was called “T8”.

– user56
Jan 18 '11 at 23:53













The copy I read had the abbreviations. Sadly I think it was borrowed.

– Christi
Jun 28 '12 at 13:00





The copy I read had the abbreviations. Sadly I think it was borrowed.

– Christi
Jun 28 '12 at 13:00













As with Gilles, my copy has @kins, ¼maine and Wyg&, but not T8 or $$son. It's a Pocket paperback from around 1980.

– Mike Scott
Jun 28 '12 at 16:21





As with Gilles, my copy has @kins, ¼maine and Wyg&, but not T8 or $$son. It's a Pocket paperback from around 1980.

– Mike Scott
Jun 28 '12 at 16:21










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The book "Galaxy, thirty years of innovative science fiction" states the story was published as "Demolished" in 1952, but I can't find any reprints in anthologies.



However, you can buy DVD collections of Galaxy stories on eBay.






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    My copy is packed away somewhere, but it has this cover:



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    ... and it has the SMS-ish abbreviations. According to the web page where I found that picture, it's the 5th printing by Signet.






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      The book "Galaxy, thirty years of innovative science fiction" states the story was published as "Demolished" in 1952, but I can't find any reprints in anthologies.



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        The book "Galaxy, thirty years of innovative science fiction" states the story was published as "Demolished" in 1952, but I can't find any reprints in anthologies.



        However, you can buy DVD collections of Galaxy stories on eBay.






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          The book "Galaxy, thirty years of innovative science fiction" states the story was published as "Demolished" in 1952, but I can't find any reprints in anthologies.



          However, you can buy DVD collections of Galaxy stories on eBay.






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          The book "Galaxy, thirty years of innovative science fiction" states the story was published as "Demolished" in 1952, but I can't find any reprints in anthologies.



          However, you can buy DVD collections of Galaxy stories on eBay.







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              My copy is packed away somewhere, but it has this cover:



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              ... and it has the SMS-ish abbreviations. According to the web page where I found that picture, it's the 5th printing by Signet.






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                My copy is packed away somewhere, but it has this cover:



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                ... and it has the SMS-ish abbreviations. According to the web page where I found that picture, it's the 5th printing by Signet.






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                  My copy is packed away somewhere, but it has this cover:



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                  ... and it has the SMS-ish abbreviations. According to the web page where I found that picture, it's the 5th printing by Signet.






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                  My copy is packed away somewhere, but it has this cover:



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                  ... and it has the SMS-ish abbreviations. According to the web page where I found that picture, it's the 5th printing by Signet.







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