He also wrote some fast-moving, sizzling short stories that were very highly regarded many of them are included in the 17 stories showcased in Virtual Realities two were never before published. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.Īlfred Bester (1913-1987) was the author of two of science fiction's seminal works, The Demolished Man and The Stars My Destination. "Alfred Bester was one of the handful of writers who invented modern science fiction. Dazzling, effervescent, sexy, and sardonic, Virtual Unrealities is a historic collection from one of science fiction's true pathbreakers. Make a deal with the Devil-but not without calling your agent.
Meet a warlock who practices on Park Avenue and whose potions comply with the Pure Food and Drug Act. Find out why tourists are flocking to a hellish little town in a post-nuclear Kansas. Read about the sweet-natured young man whose phenomenal good luck turns out to be disastrous for the rest of humanity. And nowhere is Bester funnier, speedier, or more audacious than in these seventeen short stories-two of them previously unpublished-that have now been brought together in a single volume for the first time.
His stories never stand still a moment."Īlfred Bester took science fiction into hyperdrive, endowing it with a wit, speed, and narrative inventiveness that have inspired two generations of writers.
"Dazzlement and enchantment are Bester's methods.
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