Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred BesterA collection of science fiction stories, most of them reprints from the 1950s. In Hobson's Choice, tourists from the future visit our age to experience a nuclear war, while Adam and No Eve is on the world's last surviving male. |
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Page 128
... Boyne . " " Boyne ! " Macy echoed incredulously . " MQ . Boyne . " Mr. Boyne opened a wallet shaped like an accor- dion , ran his fingers through various colored papers and coins , then withdrew a hundred - dollar bill . He jabbed it at ...
... Boyne . " " Boyne ! " Macy echoed incredulously . " MQ . Boyne . " Mr. Boyne opened a wallet shaped like an accor- dion , ran his fingers through various colored papers and coins , then withdrew a hundred - dollar bill . He jabbed it at ...
Page 129
... Boyne called : " Quite all right , Mr. Macy . All cor- rect . Happy to entertain Mr. Knight and friend as guests . " Knight and the girl turned to Boyne uncertainly . Boyne smiled and patted the chair alongside him . " Sit down , " he ...
... Boyne called : " Quite all right , Mr. Macy . All cor- rect . Happy to entertain Mr. Knight and friend as guests . " Knight and the girl turned to Boyne uncertainly . Boyne smiled and patted the chair alongside him . " Sit down , " he ...
Page 132
... Boyne nodded quickly . “ True . It is a crisis . But then , I'm here . The world will continue . I am proof . " " If I believe you . " " And if you do not ? " Boyne blazed . " You do not lack security . You lack courage . " He nailed ...
... Boyne nodded quickly . “ True . It is a crisis . But then , I'm here . The world will continue . I am proof . " " If I believe you . " " And if you do not ? " Boyne blazed . " You do not lack security . You lack courage . " He nailed ...
Contents
They Dont Make Life Like They Used To | 191 |
Will You Wait? | 225 |
Adam and No Eve | 273 |
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Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Alfred Bester,Roger Zelazny Limited preview - 1997 |
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