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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... shot ? " " By whom ? " " Me . " " When ? " " In 1775. " " How did you manage to do that ? " " I've got a revolver ... shot . " " I will not lose my temper , " Hassel said in a trembling voice . " Why not , Henry ? ” " Because it's THE ...
... shot ? " " By whom ? " " Me . " " When ? " " In 1775. " " How did you manage to do that ? " " I've got a revolver ... shot . " " I will not lose my temper , " Hassel said in a trembling voice . " Why not , Henry ? ” " Because it's THE ...
Page 167
... shot him in the gizzard . Colonel Washington collapsed , emphat- ically dead . The first murderer inspected the body , and then , ignoring Hassel's attempt to stop him and engage him in dispute , turned and marched off , muttering ...
... shot him in the gizzard . Colonel Washington collapsed , emphat- ically dead . The first murderer inspected the body , and then , ignoring Hassel's attempt to stop him and engage him in dispute , turned and marched off , muttering ...
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... shot with grey . The fea- tures of a dissipated Caesar . The body terribly crushed . Granville shot a look at Simmons . " Why in hell is he grinning ? It's like his one joy in life was to get himself smashed by a truck . Take me two ...
... shot with grey . The fea- tures of a dissipated Caesar . The body terribly crushed . Granville shot a look at Simmons . " Why in hell is he grinning ? It's like his one joy in life was to get himself smashed by a truck . Take me two ...
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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