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 109
... fire was blinding . Overhead , the helicopter floated helplessly to one side , unable to fly through the smoke and flames and aid the searchers who were beating far to the right of us . " They'll miss us , " Vandaleur whispered . " Keep ...
... fire was blinding . Overhead , the helicopter floated helplessly to one side , unable to fly through the smoke and flames and aid the searchers who were beating far to the right of us . " They'll miss us , " Vandaleur whispered . " Keep ...
Page 110
... fire reached it where it had dropped , and ex- ploded the shells . The searchers turned toward the sound and began working directly toward us . Vandaleur cursed hysterically and tried to submerge even deeper to escape the intolerable ...
... fire reached it where it had dropped , and ex- ploded the shells . The searchers turned toward the sound and began working directly toward us . Vandaleur cursed hysterically and tried to submerge even deeper to escape the intolerable ...
Page 285
... fire , and blew on the weak flame until it sputtered and burned limply . Krane crouched by the fire and nursed it . Then he turned and once again began crawling down the ocean bed . He was naked now . There was nothing left of what ...
... fire , and blew on the weak flame until it sputtered and burned limply . Krane crouched by the fire and nursed it . Then he turned and once again began crawling down the ocean bed . He was naked now . There was nothing left of what ...
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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