{"product_id":"virtual-unrealities","title":"Virtual Unrealities","description":"\"Dazzlement and enchantment are Bester's methods. His stories never stand still a moment.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Damon Knight, author of Why Do Birds\u003cbr\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nowhere is Bester funnier, speedier, or more audacious than in these seventeen short stories--two of them previously unpublished--that have now been brought together in a single volume for the first time.\u003cbr\u003eRead about the sweet-natured young man whose phenomenal good luck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. \u003cbr\u003e\"Alfred Bester was one of the handful of writers who invented modern science fiction. \"\u003cbr\u003e--Harry Harrison","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48841265316045,"sku":"9780679767831","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_03df7af1-6695-4a6c-b1ed-95410d4db70a.jpg?v=1792025794","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/virtual-unrealities","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}