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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... asked for one hundred mil- lion men . The army was given one hundred million men . General Carpenter asked for ten thousand U - Bombs . Ten thousand U - Bombs were delivered and dropped . The enemy also dropped ten thousand U - Bombs ...
... asked for one hundred mil- lion men . The army was given one hundred million men . General Carpenter asked for ten thousand U - Bombs . Ten thousand U - Bombs were delivered and dropped . The enemy also dropped ten thousand U - Bombs ...
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... asked . " To feel it , " Strapp answered . " There's always the nuance in- volved in a Decision . It's the most important factor . " They left the office and the parade began : the security squad , the burly men , the secretaries , the ...
... asked . " To feel it , " Strapp answered . " There's always the nuance in- volved in a Decision . It's the most important factor . " They left the office and the parade began : the security squad , the burly men , the secretaries , the ...
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... asked keenly , " could be the focal point of our connoisseur's entire collection ? " " Most definitely . I stake my reputation on it . " " Bravo ! Then our plan is simplicity itself . We much publicize a pretended sale of the Flowered ...
... asked keenly , " could be the focal point of our connoisseur's entire collection ? " " Most definitely . I stake my reputation on it . " " Bravo ! Then our plan is simplicity itself . We much publicize a pretended sale of the Flowered ...
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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