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 95
... Vandaleur . There was a time when my father was the wealthiest― Now , sixteen hundred dollars in the world . That's all I've got . And you . Christ damn you ! " Vandaleur raised the strap to beat the android again , then dropped it and ...
... Vandaleur . There was a time when my father was the wealthiest― Now , sixteen hundred dollars in the world . That's all I've got . And you . Christ damn you ! " Vandaleur raised the strap to beat the android again , then dropped it and ...
Page 108
... VANDALEUR AND ANDROID ! " Vandaleur started and looked up . The lone helicopter was float- ing above them . From its belly came amplified commands : “ YOU ARE SURROUNDED . THE ROAD IS BLOCKED . YOU ARE TO STOP YOUR CAR AT ONCE AND ...
... VANDALEUR AND ANDROID ! " Vandaleur started and looked up . The lone helicopter was float- ing above them . From its belly came amplified commands : “ YOU ARE SURROUNDED . THE ROAD IS BLOCKED . YOU ARE TO STOP YOUR CAR AT ONCE AND ...
Page 109
... Vandaleur crawled out and dragged the android with him . For the moment we were outside the circle of light boring down from the helicopter . We blundered off into the marsh , into the blackness , into concealment . . . Vandaleur ...
... Vandaleur crawled out and dragged the android with him . For the moment we were outside the circle of light boring down from the helicopter . We blundered off into the marsh , into the blackness , into concealment . . . Vandaleur ...
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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