Book detail for Starburst

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A stellar collection of superb science fiction by the author of The Demolished Man

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Time, Space and the Future

Here is your passport into the fascinating world of science fiction ... eleven dazzling, jet-propelled, rocket-paced tales of tomorrow by one of today's leading writers.

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Bester at His Best

Strange and startling stories ... lightening-quick dialogue ... a crackling style that keeps the action moving almost faster than the story can be read — these are the trademarks of Alfred Bester, one of the most inventive authors in the field today.

Here, for the first time in book form, is a galaxy of Bester's outstanding stories, including:

Fondly Fahrenheit: a killer robot and his master flee from the planetary police...

Disappearing Act: a U.S. army hospital is faced with an insolvable problem — patients who disappear and reappear at will...

Of Time and Third Avenue: a 1950 man comes into possession of a 1990 almanac, and finds that in order to keep it he must match wits with a man from the future...

Oddy and Id: a charming but diabolical monster has the power to rule the world...

The Roller Coaster: a girl from the future has an affair with a twentieth-century man...

Adam and No Eve: he was the last man on earth, the sole survivor of a total, chain-reaction holocaust.