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 277
... Krane ran up the short iron ladder to the port and thrust his head inside . A few feet beneath him , two men were clamping the long tanks of ferrous solution into place . " Easy there , " Krane called . " Want to knock the ship apart ...
... Krane ran up the short iron ladder to the port and thrust his head inside . A few feet beneath him , two men were clamping the long tanks of ferrous solution into place . " Easy there , " Krane called . " Want to knock the ship apart ...
Page 279
... Krane had devised to absorb the acceler- ation strain . The ship's nose was a porthole of natural crystal that stared upward like a cylopian eye . Krane thought : She'll die after this trip . She'll return to the Earth and smash in a ...
... Krane had devised to absorb the acceler- ation strain . The ship's nose was a porthole of natural crystal that stared upward like a cylopian eye . Krane thought : She'll die after this trip . She'll return to the Earth and smash in a ...
Page 280
... Krane hung up . He arose doubtfully and watched Umber's un- easy actions . Through the windows , the late evening glow sent flick- ering shadows of orange light . Umber gazed at the light , sniffed and bellowed again . Suddenly struck , ...
... Krane hung up . He arose doubtfully and watched Umber's un- easy actions . Through the windows , the late evening glow sent flick- ering shadows of orange light . Umber gazed at the light , sniffed and bellowed again . Suddenly struck , ...
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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