Alfred Bester — Stories

Коллекция текстов · science fiction

1. The Unseen Blushers
   With all kinds of plots twisting in my head, I hadn't slept well the night before. For one thing, I'd worked too late on a yarn that wasn't…
2. The Push of a Finger (1)
   I think it's about time someone got all those stories together and burned them. You know the kind I mean—X, the mad scientist, wants to cha…
3. The Push of a Finger (2)
   Think? Boys, the massive brain practically fumed as I went back downstairs. I went out into the press room and I wondered what there was ab…
4. The Push of a Finger (3)
   "I can't understand it. We had over two millions left." "We lost all that through indirect purchases and—" "And what?" "Bribes, if you must…
5. The Push of a Finger (4)
   She glanced at the notes, hesitated for an instant, and then continued: "FitzJohn's errors are most easily pointed out if we consider the L…
6. The Push of a Finger (5)
   The silence and the chill waiting was agonizing. Suddenly I said: "Excuse me, sir, but did you tell the police captain to O.K. the reporter…