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 65
... hand that only masked it more . As the nurse - man started to enter the cell , Hal- syon said , " Never mind Halsyon . He's all right . Get me a towel or something . Hurry ! The nurse - man locked the door again , turned and ran down ...
... hand that only masked it more . As the nurse - man started to enter the cell , Hal- syon said , " Never mind Halsyon . He's all right . Get me a towel or something . Hurry ! The nurse - man locked the door again , turned and ran down ...
Page 66
... hand . Compelled by a gesture from Aquila , the artist drank it off . It made his brain buzz . He stared around , breathing heavily . He was in what appeared to be the luxurious waiting room of a Park Avenue physi- cian . Queen Anne ...
... hand . Compelled by a gesture from Aquila , the artist drank it off . It made his brain buzz . He stared around , breathing heavily . He was in what appeared to be the luxurious waiting room of a Park Avenue physi- cian . Queen Anne ...
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... hand was expen- sive . John Strapp walked into the suite . He shut the door , turned and examined the jet - haired ... hands and lips savaged her while his eyes watched coldly and intently . The girl screamed and strug- gled , terrified ...
... hand was expen- sive . John Strapp walked into the suite . He shut the door , turned and examined the jet - haired ... hands and lips savaged her while his eyes watched coldly and intently . The girl screamed and strug- gled , terrified ...
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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