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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... you're not serious ? " She climbed out of the pond , looking alarmed . " You really don't know how to drive yet . " " No ? Didn't I drive you home falling - down drunk last night ? " " You'll get into awful trouble . " " Nothing I can't ...
... you're not serious ? " She climbed out of the pond , looking alarmed . " You really don't know how to drive yet . " " No ? Didn't I drive you home falling - down drunk last night ? " " You'll get into awful trouble . " " Nothing I can't ...
Page 250
... you're aware of that , Miss Webb . " " I suspect you're rather detached . " " Me ? Detached ? Not at all . When I contemplate you , I also see only the beauty in itself . And while you're a work of art , you're hardly a museum piece ...
... you're aware of that , Miss Webb . " " I suspect you're rather detached . " " Me ? Detached ? Not at all . When I contemplate you , I also see only the beauty in itself . And while you're a work of art , you're hardly a museum piece ...
Page 353
... you wouldn't . You never heard them laugh . I did . " " So help me , Chuck , " Gardner began in exasperation . " Who was it said once . . . Man is a laughing animal . Something like that . You're not a laughing animal , are you , Gardner ?
... you wouldn't . You never heard them laugh . I did . " " So help me , Chuck , " Gardner began in exasperation . " Who was it said once . . . Man is a laughing animal . Something like that . You're not a laughing animal , are you , Gardner ?
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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