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 58
... damn , Jimmy , " Mr. Aquila said . He was on first - name terms with everyone . “ Here's a cool day for color , oui ! Cool . Slang . I have in me to buy a picture . " " Good morning , Mr. Aquila " Derelict answered . He had the seamed ...
... damn , Jimmy , " Mr. Aquila said . He was on first - name terms with everyone . “ Here's a cool day for color , oui ! Cool . Slang . I have in me to buy a picture . " " Good morning , Mr. Aquila " Derelict answered . He had the seamed ...
Page 71
... damn . " Halsyon thought over the succession of boyish , rollicking , Ju- noesque , Rembrandtesque , wiry , red , blonde , brunette , white , black , and brown women . " I hadn't noticed , " he said . " Observe today , my world father ...
... damn . " Halsyon thought over the succession of boyish , rollicking , Ju- noesque , Rembrandtesque , wiry , red , blonde , brunette , white , black , and brown women . " I hadn't noticed , " he said . " Observe today , my world father ...
Page 89
... damn . " Mr. Aquila stopped laughing . He leaned across the desk and the sprightliness was gone from his face . Only the bitterness remained . " Shall I tell you who I am , my chicken ? Shall I explain why one un- guarded look from this ...
... damn . " Mr. Aquila stopped laughing . He leaned across the desk and the sprightliness was gone from his face . Only the bitterness remained . " Shall I tell you who I am , my chicken ? Shall I explain why one un- guarded look from this ...
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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