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
... hair and lovely long legs . He winked at her . She winked back . Halsyon edged over toward her , speaking with his eyes and she answered him saucily the same way . Then he picked up his spade and followed the first clown into the ...
... hair and lovely long legs . He winked at her . She winked back . Halsyon edged over toward her , speaking with his eyes and she answered him saucily the same way . Then he picked up his spade and followed the first clown into the ...
Page 193
... hair , a red beard , and weathered skin . He was wearing army fatigues , heavy ski boots , and had a bursting knapsack and blanket roll on his back . He carried a battered shotgun , and his pockets were crammed with odds and ends . He ...
... hair , a red beard , and weathered skin . He was wearing army fatigues , heavy ski boots , and had a bursting knapsack and blanket roll on his back . He carried a battered shotgun , and his pockets were crammed with odds and ends . He ...
Page 338
... hair was exhorting the public irritably . " All right , folks , move along . Move along . This ain't a sideshow . Ain't you got something better to do this morning ? Why get the creeps ? Go buy breakfast or something . " Granville ...
... hair was exhorting the public irritably . " All right , folks , move along . Move along . This ain't a sideshow . Ain't you got something better to do this morning ? Why get the creeps ? Go buy breakfast or something . " Granville ...
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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