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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... Carpenter announced at the Press Association dinner . " We are fighting solely for the American Dream , " he said to ... Carpenter asked for one hundred mil- lion men . The army was given one hundred million men . General Carpenter asked ...
... Carpenter announced at the Press Association dinner . " We are fighting solely for the American Dream , " he said to ... Carpenter asked for one hundred mil- lion men . The army was given one hundred million men . General Carpenter asked ...
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... Carpenter's desk through offi- cial channels . " In our fight for the American Dream , " he said , " we must not ig ... Carpenter read the reports and fired him . " Pity , " said General Carpenter , " is the first ingredient of civiliza ...
... Carpenter's desk through offi- cial channels . " In our fight for the American Dream , " he said , " we must not ig ... Carpenter read the reports and fired him . " Pity , " said General Carpenter , " is the first ingredient of civiliza ...
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... Carpenter answered . He reached for the intercom . " Don't order one , I'll explain later . Let's try some more clues . Lela Machan , for example . She escapes into the Roman Empire where she lives the life of her dreams as a femme ...
... Carpenter answered . He reached for the intercom . " Don't order one , I'll explain later . Let's try some more clues . Lela Machan , for example . She escapes into the Roman Empire where she lives the life of her dreams as a femme ...
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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