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 39
... turned , and marched out . Downstairs , Mr. Foster got into the car , opened the telephone di- rectory , turned to a page and ran his pencil through a name . He ex- amined the name underneath , memorized the address and started the car ...
... turned , and marched out . Downstairs , Mr. Foster got into the car , opened the telephone di- rectory , turned to a page and ran his pencil through a name . He ex- amined the name underneath , memorized the address and started the car ...
Page 65
... turned and ran down the corridor . Halsyon waited until he disappeared into a supply room , then turned and ran in the opposite direction . He went through the heavy doors to the main wing corridor , still cleverly mopping , still ...
... turned and ran down the corridor . Halsyon waited until he disappeared into a supply room , then turned and ran in the opposite direction . He went through the heavy doors to the main wing corridor , still cleverly mopping , still ...
Page 248
... turned the lock , thrust the door open a few inches with a twist of his toe , and spoke pleasantly , as to an invisible servant inside . " Good evening . I'm afraid I'm rather late . Is everybody asleep , or am I still expected ? Oh ...
... turned the lock , thrust the door open a few inches with a twist of his toe , and spoke pleasantly , as to an invisible servant inside . " Good evening . I'm afraid I'm rather late . Is everybody asleep , or am I still expected ? Oh ...
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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