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 146
... Strapp cried in a thin , screeching voice . " That's right , " Frankie said . “ Kruger . I changed my name when I went into the fight game . " He motioned sharply to the shriveled man , who backed against the corridor wall and slid away ...
... Strapp cried in a thin , screeching voice . " That's right , " Frankie said . “ Kruger . I changed my name when I went into the fight game . " He motioned sharply to the shriveled man , who backed against the corridor wall and slid away ...
Page 149
... Strapp sees the contract we gave you . I still have it in the files , Mr. Alceste . I did not tear it up . I never part with any- thing . How long do you imagine Strapp will believe in your friend- ship after he sees the contract you ...
... Strapp sees the contract we gave you . I still have it in the files , Mr. Alceste . I did not tear it up . I never part with any- thing . How long do you imagine Strapp will believe in your friend- ship after he sees the contract you ...
Page 156
... Strapp cried in delight . They punched each other affectionately . With a happy grin , Al- ceste watched Strapp explain and offer further bribes to the chief clerk for the names and addresses of all girls over twenty - one who fitted ...
... Strapp cried in delight . They punched each other affectionately . With a happy grin , Al- ceste watched Strapp explain and offer further bribes to the chief clerk for the names and addresses of all girls over twenty - one who fitted ...
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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