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 139
... voices and laughter increased as they reached the ship . Then the incredible hap- pened . " You ! " the clerk cried suddenly . His voice screeched horribly . " You sonofabitch ! You goddamned lousy murdering bastard ! I've been waiting ...
... voices and laughter increased as they reached the ship . Then the incredible hap- pened . " You ! " the clerk cried suddenly . His voice screeched horribly . " You sonofabitch ! You goddamned lousy murdering bastard ! I've been waiting ...
Page 347
... voice stunned Granville again . Coven continued quietly : " Mr. Arno is an extremely busy person . We can't take up too much of his time . Please sit in that chair . . . alongside the desk . For your own sake you'd best sit before you ...
... voice stunned Granville again . Coven continued quietly : " Mr. Arno is an extremely busy person . We can't take up too much of his time . Please sit in that chair . . . alongside the desk . For your own sake you'd best sit before you ...
Page 363
... voice down . " Simmons led them to the registry desk . To the clerk he flashed the blue and gold badge and said : " Charles Granville . " " Not registered here , Inspector , " the clerk said promptly . " Sergeant , " Simmons snapped ...
... voice down . " Simmons led them to the registry desk . To the clerk he flashed the blue and gold badge and said : " Charles Granville . " " Not registered here , Inspector , " the clerk said promptly . " Sergeant , " Simmons snapped ...
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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