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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... Warbeck . Marion Perkin Warbeck . Right ? " The doomed man gazed at his wallet , then at Walter Herod , attorney - at - law , and finally admitted the truth . “ Yes , ” he said . “ My name is Warbeck . But I never admit the Marion to ...
... Warbeck . Marion Perkin Warbeck . Right ? " The doomed man gazed at his wallet , then at Walter Herod , attorney - at - law , and finally admitted the truth . “ Yes , ” he said . “ My name is Warbeck . But I never admit the Marion to ...
Page 43
... Warbeck shook his head . " Unknown in the mathematical sense . X quantities . Solving equations . My education speaking . " Joe looked startled . " Jesus ! " he said without moving his lips . " Maybe he is legit . " Herod examined Warbeck ...
... Warbeck shook his head . " Unknown in the mathematical sense . X quantities . Solving equations . My education speaking . " Joe looked startled . " Jesus ! " he said without moving his lips . " Maybe he is legit . " Herod examined Warbeck ...
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... Warbeck's wrist with an iron clasp . " Oh stop it , " the doomed man said impatiently . " This is a silly mistake ... Warbeck wrenched his wrist free and slashed Joe across the eyes with the towel . He darted around behind the desk ...
... Warbeck's wrist with an iron clasp . " Oh stop it , " the doomed man said impatiently . " This is a silly mistake ... Warbeck wrenched his wrist free and slashed Joe across the eyes with the towel . He darted around behind the desk ...
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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