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 83
... answered him saucily the same way . Then he picked up his spade and followed the first clown into the cemetery . The first clown was a tall man , gaunt , with a bitter ex- pression but a sprightly manner . " Is she to be buried in ...
... answered him saucily the same way . Then he picked up his spade and followed the first clown into the cemetery . The first clown was a tall man , gaunt , with a bitter ex- pression but a sprightly manner . " Is she to be buried in ...
Page 84
... answer the question ! " " Listen , " Halsyon said doggedly . " Maybe I'm crazy ; maybe not . But I've got a spooky feeling ... answered it a hundred times . " " Old ham and eggs , " the first clown burst out , “ you have an- swered it ...
... answer the question ! " " Listen , " Halsyon said doggedly . " Maybe I'm crazy ; maybe not . But I've got a spooky feeling ... answered it a hundred times . " " Old ham and eggs , " the first clown burst out , “ you have an- swered it ...
Page 85
... Answer the question . " Halsyon answered the question by picking up his spade and bashing in the head of the first clown who appeared not to notice . " Is she to be buried in Christian burial that wilfully seeks her own sal- vation ...
... Answer the question . " Halsyon answered the question by picking up his spade and bashing in the head of the first clown who appeared not to notice . " Is she to be buried in Christian burial that wilfully seeks her own sal- vation ...
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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