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 67
... night . " " No. A glorious night .... Gay , happy fun .... Like a school dance . . . . Like a prom in costume . . . . ' " " Always back to childhood , eh ? " Mr. Aquila murmured . " We must attend to that . Cetera desunt , young ...
... night . " " No. A glorious night .... Gay , happy fun .... Like a school dance . . . . Like a prom in costume . . . . ' " " Always back to childhood , eh ? " Mr. Aquila murmured . " We must attend to that . Cetera desunt , young ...
Page 115
... night photographs , all blurred and crosshatched by deadly slashes of light . After a restless night in the Lyonesse Hotel , Addyer went over to the county seat for a check on their birth records . He was armed with the proper ...
... night photographs , all blurred and crosshatched by deadly slashes of light . After a restless night in the Lyonesse Hotel , Addyer went over to the county seat for a check on their birth records . He was armed with the proper ...
Page 143
... night , safe in his little trundle , you better switch notions . " " How's that ? " Fisher asked in surprise . " Old Johnny , he's been sneaking out nights all along when you folks thought he was getting his brain rest . " " How do you ...
... night , safe in his little trundle , you better switch notions . " " How's that ? " Fisher asked in surprise . " Old Johnny , he's been sneaking out nights all along when you folks thought he was getting his brain rest . " " How do you ...
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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