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 146
... Frankie ! " the shriveled man shouted . “ Good old Frankie ! Don't you remember me ? " Alceste stared . " I'm Blooper Davis . We was raised together in the old precinct . Don't you remember Blooper Davis ? " " Blooper ! " Alceste's face ...
... Frankie ! " the shriveled man shouted . “ Good old Frankie ! Don't you remember me ? " Alceste stared . " I'm Blooper Davis . We was raised together in the old precinct . Don't you remember Blooper Davis ? " " Blooper ! " Alceste's face ...
Page 153
... Frankie Alceste maintained a rigid self- control . He was not aided by the fact that he was a celebrity with a tremendous animal magnetism . While a dozen handsome women threw themselves at him , he persevered in the role of big brother ...
... Frankie Alceste maintained a rigid self- control . He was not aided by the fact that he was a celebrity with a tremendous animal magnetism . While a dozen handsome women threw themselves at him , he persevered in the role of big brother ...
Page 156
... Frankie was weak enough from assorted injuries to simulate the old man . They checked into the Ross Splendide , where Alceste barricaded Sima in a suite , had his shoulder attended to and bought a gun . Then he went looking for John ...
... Frankie was weak enough from assorted injuries to simulate the old man . They checked into the Ross Splendide , where Alceste barricaded Sima in a suite , had his shoulder attended to and bought a gun . Then he went looking for John ...
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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