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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... less and less frequently . We've got to get at that secret before they disappear forever . Send a poet to Ward T. " Carpenter snapped up his intercom . " Send me a poet , " he said . He waited , and waited . . . and waited 20 ALFRED BESTER.
... less and less frequently . We've got to get at that secret before they disappear forever . Send a poet to Ward T. " Carpenter snapped up his intercom . " Send me a poet , " he said . He waited , and waited . . . and waited 20 ALFRED BESTER.
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The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Alfred Bester. He waited , and waited . . . and waited . . . while America sorted feverishly through its two hundred and ninety millions of hardened and sharpened experts , its specialized tools to ...
The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Alfred Bester. He waited , and waited . . . and waited . . . while America sorted feverishly through its two hundred and ninety millions of hardened and sharpened experts , its specialized tools to ...
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... waited , listening to the murmur of voices and muffled laughter . Then the steps continued . Granville waited until they faded , then opened the door and slipped out . He took the freight elevator down to the power plant , went through ...
... waited , listening to the murmur of voices and muffled laughter . Then the steps continued . Granville waited until they faded , then opened the door and slipped out . He took the freight elevator down to the power plant , went through ...
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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