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 81
... listen to me for a few minutes ? I have something startling to tell you and we've got to plan what to do about it . I— ” He yelped . His father had taken him by the ear and was march- ing him down the hall . Parents did not listen to ...
... listen to me for a few minutes ? I have something startling to tell you and we've got to plan what to do about it . I— ” He yelped . His father had taken him by the ear and was march- ing him down the hall . Parents did not listen to ...
Page 351
... listen . Listen . Listen . This is the unfolding . Lis- ten to the pattern . Listen , Charles . Listen ... " The palm jolted his jaw and made a sound like water in the ears . Granville turned his head away . The slaps continued ...
... listen . Listen . Listen . This is the unfolding . Lis- ten to the pattern . Listen , Charles . Listen ... " The palm jolted his jaw and made a sound like water in the ears . Granville turned his head away . The slaps continued ...
Page 353
... listen to me . I don't give a damn for your dreams and animals and hoaxes . That's your business . My business is Jinny and your ca- reer . How old are you , Doctor ? Twenty - five ? How long have you been training ? About nine years ...
... listen to me . I don't give a damn for your dreams and animals and hoaxes . That's your business . My business is Jinny and your ca- reer . How old are you , Doctor ? Twenty - five ? How long have you been training ? About nine years ...
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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