{"product_id":"virtual-unrealities-the-short-fiction-of-alfred-bester-9780679767831","title":"Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester","description":"\"Dazzlement and enchantment are Bester's methods. His stories never stand still a moment.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Damon Knight, author of Why Do Birds \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlfred 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nowhere is Bester funnier, speedier, or more audacious than in these seventeen short stories--two of them previously unpublished--that have now been brought together in a single volume for the first time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRead 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Alfred Bester was one of the handful of writers who invented modern science fiction. \"\u003cbr\u003e--Harry Harrison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679767831\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.21w x 0.83d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/29\/1997 pg. 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/1997 pg. 1493\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/1997 pg. 311\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alfred Bester, Roger Zelazny","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43732975386805,"sku":"9780679767831","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2acde7a8-d3be-4b19-a29d-df394a41f568.jpg?v=1710256333","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/virtual-unrealities-the-short-fiction-of-alfred-bester-9780679767831","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}