{"product_id":"virtual-unrealities-the-short-fiction-of-alfred-bester","title":"Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester","description":"\"Dazzlement and enchantment are Bester's methods. His stories never stand still a moment.\"\n—Damon Knight, author of Why Do Birds\n\nAlfred 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And nowhere is Bester funnier, speedier, or more audacious than in these seventeen short stories—two of them previously unpublished—that have now been brought together in a single volume for the first time.\n\nRead about the sweet-natured young man whose phenomenal good luck turns out to be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.\n\n\"Alfred Bester was one of the handful of writers who invented modern science fiction. \"\n—Harry Harrison\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0679767835\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0679767835.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Alfred Bester|Keith R. A. DeCandido|Robert Silverberg\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41372251357242,"sku":"DBV.0679767835.G","price":6.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0679767835-0.jpg?v=1776707557","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/virtual-unrealities-the-short-fiction-of-alfred-bester","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}