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 352
... Gardner echoed . " Guy who was killed ? " " I saw him . " " And ran out in a tizzy ? Since when do corpses scare you , Doc- " He wasn't dead . " " Now come on . Come on ! " " He wasn't dead , " Granville insisted . He took Jinny's hand ...
... Gardner echoed . " Guy who was killed ? " " I saw him . " " And ran out in a tizzy ? Since when do corpses scare you , Doc- " He wasn't dead . " " Now come on . Come on ! " " He wasn't dead , " Granville insisted . He took Jinny's hand ...
Page 353
... Gardner began in exasperation . " Who was it said once . . . Man is a laughing animal . Something like that . You're not a laughing animal , are you , Gardner ? You're something else . . . the Covens and Arnos and Gardners . . . the ...
... Gardner began in exasperation . " Who was it said once . . . Man is a laughing animal . Something like that . You're not a laughing animal , are you , Gardner ? You're something else . . . the Covens and Arnos and Gardners . . . the ...
Page 364
... Gardner . " 100 poisonous tablets . " He smiled . " Is that what you had on your mind ? " " Among other things , " Gardner said . “ Change your ... Gardner's infallible sanity test . " Gardner's angry red face broke into 364 ALFRED BESTER.
... Gardner . " 100 poisonous tablets . " He smiled . " Is that what you had on your mind ? " " Among other things , " Gardner said . “ Change your ... Gardner's infallible sanity test . " Gardner's angry red face broke into 364 ALFRED BESTER.
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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