Virtual Unrealities
The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester
by Robert Silverberg; Byron Preiss; Alfred Bester; Keith R.A. DeCandido
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Editions of Virtual Unrealities
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Vintage Books |
Date 1997 |
Price $1.08 |
 Used - Good |
Publisher Notes
"Dazzlement and enchantment are Besters methods. His stories never stand still a moment."--Damon Knight, author of Why Do Birds Alfred Bester took science fiction into hyperdrive, endowing it with a wit, speed, and narrative inventiveness that have inspired two generations of writers. And nowhere is Bester funnier, speedier, or more audacious than in these seventeen short stories--two of them previously unpublished--that have now been brought together in a single volume for the first time.Read about the sweet-natured young man whose phenomenal good luck turns out to be disastrous for the rest of humanity. Find out why tourists are flocking to a hellish little town in a post-nuclear Kansas. Meet a warlock who practices on Park Avenue and whose potions comply with the Pure Food and Drug Act. Make a deal with the Devil--but not without calling your agent. Dazzling, effervescent, sexy, and sardonic, Virtual Unrealities is a historic collection from one of science fiction's true pathbreakers. "Alfred Bester was one of the handful of writers who invented modern science fiction. "--Harry Harrison
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"Often cited as a Freudian writer, Bester delved into his characters' innermost fantasy worlds in a unique, worldly style that moved science fiction forward stylistically. But his work is far more than a historical landmark. At its best, it's still exciting, funny, and awe-inspiring today."
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