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 120
... course , in any case it doesn't last longer than a few minutes . It wears off . ” " What ? " Addyer said . " Time travel ? " " Yes . Of course . " " That thing ... " Addyer pointed to the radio . " A time machine ? " " That's the idea ...
... course , in any case it doesn't last longer than a few minutes . It wears off . ” " What ? " Addyer said . " Time travel ? " " Yes . Of course . " " That thing ... " Addyer pointed to the radio . " A time machine ? " " That's the idea ...
Page 238
... course , on advertising copy , newspaper headlines , and photo captions . Taylor on domestic science - that's Dr. Elizabeth Taylor . Gable is probably your best bet for transportation . Clark's at Cambridge High now , but he- " " Excuse ...
... course , on advertising copy , newspaper headlines , and photo captions . Taylor on domestic science - that's Dr. Elizabeth Taylor . Gable is probably your best bet for transportation . Clark's at Cambridge High now , but he- " " Excuse ...
Page 255
... course . Who was as surprised as I when I discovered some- one was ahead of me ? " " And that poor - little - rich - girl routine - you were trying to swin- dle it out of me ? " " I was . As a matter of fact , I did . " " You did indeed ...
... course . Who was as surprised as I when I discovered some- one was ahead of me ? " " And that poor - little - rich - girl routine - you were trying to swin- dle it out of me ? " " I was . As a matter of fact , I did . " " You did indeed ...
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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