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 204
... Linda . " " Thank you , Miss Linda . " " Are you serious about never drinking , Jim ? ” " Yeah . " " Well , happy days . " " And long nights . " " I like that , too . Is it your own ? ” " Gee , I don't know . It's sort of the usual ...
... Linda . " " Thank you , Miss Linda . " " Are you serious about never drinking , Jim ? ” " Yeah . " " Well , happy days . " " And long nights . " " I like that , too . Is it your own ? ” " Gee , I don't know . It's sort of the usual ...
Page 218
... Linda called . " Yeah ? " he yawned . " Would you like one of my dolls for your bed ? " " Gee , no . Thanks a lot , Linda , but guys really ain't interested in dolls . " “ I suppose not . Never mind . Tomorrow I'll have something for ...
... Linda called . " Yeah ? " he yawned . " Would you like one of my dolls for your bed ? " " Gee , no . Thanks a lot , Linda , but guys really ain't interested in dolls . " “ I suppose not . Never mind . Tomorrow I'll have something for ...
Page 222
... Linda . " " I didn't shoot at you , " she protested . " It was an accident . " " The luckiest accident in the world . They could be passing through and never know about us . But what the hell kind of guns are they using ? I never heard ...
... Linda . " " I didn't shoot at you , " she protested . " It was an accident . " " The luckiest accident in the world . They could be passing through and never know about us . But what the hell kind of guns are they using ? I never heard ...
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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