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 211
... remember when we were kids how we used to choose up sides ? Ibbety , bibbety , zibbety , zab ? " " We used to say , Eenie , meenie , miney , mo . ” " Remember : April Fool , go to school , tell your teacher you're a fool ? " " I love ...
... remember when we were kids how we used to choose up sides ? Ibbety , bibbety , zibbety , zab ? " " We used to say , Eenie , meenie , miney , mo . ” " Remember : April Fool , go to school , tell your teacher you're a fool ? " " I love ...
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... Remember about dreams ? They take a fraction of a second . A sleeping man can hear a door slam and dream an entire episode that culminates in that door slam . " " All right . So maybe I heard you mention Coven's name on the phone . But ...
... Remember about dreams ? They take a fraction of a second . A sleeping man can hear a door slam and dream an entire episode that culminates in that door slam . " " All right . So maybe I heard you mention Coven's name on the phone . But ...
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... remember this . You must remember . . . " " Who's that ? " " Charles , we can help you if you'll- " " I can't hear you . What ? What ? " " We're going to give you the key . You must remember the key as it's unfolded . Charles , listen ...
... remember this . You must remember . . . " " Who's that ? " " Charles , we can help you if you'll- " " I can't hear you . What ? What ? " " We're going to give you the key . You must remember the key as it's unfolded . Charles , listen ...
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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