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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... Grssh . His assets were his convict clothes , a helmet , one cylinder of O ,, his grim fury at the injustice that had been done him , and his knowl- edge of the secret of how the Grssh could be defeated in their mani- acal quest for ...
... Grssh . His assets were his convict clothes , a helmet , one cylinder of O ,, his grim fury at the injustice that had been done him , and his knowl- edge of the secret of how the Grssh could be defeated in their mani- acal quest for ...
Page 76
... Grssh are everywhere and coming closer . We're taking you to the U.N. You must tell the council how to stop the Grssh from being in two places at the same time . " " The starship came out of overdrive and landed on Governor's Island ...
... Grssh are everywhere and coming closer . We're taking you to the U.N. You must tell the council how to stop the Grssh from being in two places at the same time . " " The starship came out of overdrive and landed on Governor's Island ...
Page 77
... Grssh . They have not been able to find any . Consequently you have assumed that the Grssh have no secret weakness . That was a wrong assumption . " The General Assembly held its breath . " Here is the secret . You should have assumed ...
... Grssh . They have not been able to find any . Consequently you have assumed that the Grssh have no secret weakness . That was a wrong assumption . " The General Assembly held its breath . " Here is the secret . You should have assumed ...
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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