Alfred Bester writes fiction that is offbeat and intensely imaginative. In The Dark Side of the Earth, a volume that includes his new novella and five short stories, Mr. Bester is at his most inventive.

This is Alfred Bester's first short story collection since Starburst. In it you will find tales about:

the last man and woman on Earth,
a curious antique collector from the "past,"
a telephone conversation to someone living in another time...
- in all, seven tales to taunt the imagination.

All bear the Bester trademark: the ability to portray the extraordinary occurence—no matter how bizarre or unlikely—exactly as it may happen today...or tomorrow.

Contents:

• Time Is the Traitor
• The Men Who Murdered Mohammed
• Out of This World
• The Pi Man
• The Flowered Thundermug
• Will You Wait?
• They Don’t Make Life Like They Used To