Virtual Unrealities is a collection of science fiction short stories by American writer Alfred Bester with an introduction by Robert Silverberg.
Author | Alfred Bester |
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Cover artist | Evan Gaffney |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction |
Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | 1997 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (paperback) |
ISBN | 0-679-76783-5 |
Contents
edit- "Disappearing Act" (originally published in 1953)
- "Oddy and Id" (originally published in 1950 under the title "The Devil’s Invention")
- "Star Light, Star Bright" (originally published in 1953, used as the title for two other compilations of Bester's short stories)
- "5,271,009" (originally published in 1954)
- "Fondly Fahrenheit" (originally published in 1954)
- "Hobson's Choice" (originally published in 1952)
- "Of Time and Third Avenue" (originally published in 1952)
- "Time is the Traitor" (originally published in 1953)
- "The Men Who Murdered Mohammed" (originally published in 1958) (Hugo Award Nominee)
- "The Pi Man" (originally published in 1959) (Hugo Award Nominee)
- "They Don't Make Life Like They Used To" (originally published in 1963)
- "Will You Wait?" (originally published in 1959)
- "The Flowered Thundermug" (originally published in 1964)
- "Adam and No Eve" (originally published in 1941)
- "And 3 1/2 to Go" (fragment - previously unpublished)
- "Galatea Galante" (originally published in 1979)
- "The Devil Without Glasses" (previously unpublished)