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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... Claudia . " Manwright punched the CB . " She's warm and maternal and protective . Wish she'd been my nanny . Hello ? Claudia ? It's Regis . Switch on , darling . " The screen sparkled and cleared . The magnificent head and face of a ...
... Claudia . " Manwright punched the CB . " She's warm and maternal and protective . Wish she'd been my nanny . Hello ? Claudia ? It's Regis . Switch on , darling . " The screen sparkled and cleared . The magnificent head and face of a ...
Page 321
... Claudia printed : PLANTAINS FR ME PLS RELLENOS DE AMARILLO . At one minute past eight Valera said , " It's fashionable to be a half - hour late , but I— Is it all right to come in ? " " Oh please ! I've been biting my nails for GALATEA ...
... Claudia printed : PLANTAINS FR ME PLS RELLENOS DE AMARILLO . At one minute past eight Valera said , " It's fashionable to be a half - hour late , but I— Is it all right to come in ? " " Oh please ! I've been biting my nails for GALATEA ...
Page 328
... Claudia , has she been promiscuous outside ? " NO " How can you ask such questions ! " " Has Galatea been alone with a man in a possibly intimate situ- ation ? " " You're hateful ! " NO " Reg , we all know that . We've chaperoned Gally ...
... Claudia , has she been promiscuous outside ? " NO " How can you ask such questions ! " " Has Galatea been alone with a man in a possibly intimate situ- ation ? " " You're hateful ! " NO " Reg , we all know that . We've chaperoned Gally ...
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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