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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... Garbo ; how Audrey , intuitively suspecting that something was amiss , had ... Miss Hepburn said , " It was just a woman's intuition . I suspected ... Miss Garbo told her . " It vould have improved the story . " " I'm sorry , Miss Garbo ...
... Garbo ; how Audrey , intuitively suspecting that something was amiss , had ... Miss Hepburn said , " It was just a woman's intuition . I suspected ... Miss Garbo told her . " It vould have improved the story . " " I'm sorry , Miss Garbo ...
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... Miss Garbo commanded , " put down that calendar and look at me . " " Yes , Miss Garbo . " " You have fallen in love vith this man . To you he is a romantic figure , and you do not vant him brought to justice . Is that not so ? " " No ...
... Miss Garbo commanded , " put down that calendar and look at me . " " Yes , Miss Garbo . " " You have fallen in love vith this man . To you he is a romantic figure , and you do not vant him brought to justice . Is that not so ? " " No ...
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... Miss Garbo growled . " I think not , Greta ; and her experience last night proves it . " " He felled me with a brutal blow when I wasn't looking , " Violet protested . " Perhaps . Shall we vote ? I say Nero Wolfe . " " Why not Mike ...
... Miss Garbo growled . " I think not , Greta ; and her experience last night proves it . " " He felled me with a brutal blow when I wasn't looking , " Violet protested . " Perhaps . Shall we vote ? I say Nero Wolfe . " " Why not Mike ...
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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