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 295
... Dominie , which means master professor . I am addressed as Dominie , Dominie Manwright , and I want to see the owner at once . Immediately . Here and now . So- fort ! Immediatamente ! Mr. Saturn or Mr. Phreak or whatever ! " Tell him that ...
... Dominie , which means master professor . I am addressed as Dominie , Dominie Manwright , and I want to see the owner at once . Immediately . Here and now . So- fort ! Immediatamente ! Mr. Saturn or Mr. Phreak or whatever ! " Tell him that ...
Page 296
... Dominie , " the gentleman smiled . " What ? You ? The management ? " " Indeed yes . " " In that ridiculous white tie and tails ? " " So sorry , Dominie . The costume is traditional for the role . And by day I'm required to wear hunting ...
... Dominie , " the gentleman smiled . " What ? You ? The management ? " " Indeed yes . " " In that ridiculous white tie and tails ? " " So sorry , Dominie . The costume is traditional for the role . And by day I'm required to wear hunting ...
Page 307
... Dominie . What would you advise ? I'm all anticipation ! " " The acid in any woman who can hold a man : the unexpected , the quality that makes it impossible to live with them or without them . " " And what would that be in my . my ...
... Dominie . What would you advise ? I'm all anticipation ! " " The acid in any woman who can hold a man : the unexpected , the quality that makes it impossible to live with them or without them . " " And what would that be in my . my ...
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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