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Title: Virtual Unrealities : The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester by Roger Zelazny, Alfred Bester ISBN: 0-679-76783-5 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 11 November, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 (14 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: A nice nostalgia trip for us old guys . . .
Comment: Bester is one of those science fiction mainstays whom everyone of a certain age read back in the '50s and '60s, and who is almost totally unknown to younger readers who were raised on the Cyberpunks. But I have to admit that the settings and language and cultural furniture of most of these stories haven't worn very well, unlike the work of Heinlein or Clarke -- or even Bester's own classic novels, _The Demolished Man_ and _The Stars My Destination._ The "messages" in most of these pieces are also pretty trite, but that was never the point of reading Bester anyway. The man was a master of oddball style, eerie description, and droll dialogue, and you can have a really good time chuckling your way through "Will You Wait?" or appreciating the chill of "Fondly Fahrenheit," or picking out all the references in "The Flowered Thundermug."
Rating: 3
Summary: Only some of Bester's best
Comment: Maybe, to my taste, Alfred Bester was better at book length (The Stars My Destination, Golem 100, The Demolished Man (an all-time favorite of mine)) than at short stories. Most of the stories here left me a bit cold except , of course, for "The Pi Man", Bester's best short story. In fact, unfortunately, I found many of them to be rewrites of the same concept - a cross between "be careful what you wish for", and "absolute power always goes wrong."
Rating: 5
Summary: The best
Comment: The best set of sci fi stories I've ever read (and I've read a lot!)
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Title: The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester ISBN: 0679767819 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 02 July, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester ISBN: 0679767800 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 02 July, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Psychoshop by Roger Zelazny, Alfred Bester ISBN: 0679767827 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 30 June, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny ISBN: 0380014033 Publisher: Eos Pub. Date: 01 January, 1969 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown by Fredric Brown, Fredric Brown ISBN: 1886778183 Publisher: NESFA Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.00 |
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