Virtual Unrealities
by Alfred Bester | 
Wool
by Hugh Howey | 
Exhalation
by Ted Chiang | 
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever
by James Tiptree Jr. | 
Nine Tomorrows
by Isaac Asimov | 
Cryptic
by Jack McDevitt | 
The Fog Horn
by Ray Bradbury | 
The Big Book of Science Fiction
by Jeff VanderMeer | 
The Best Short Stories
by J. G. Ballard | 
In the Hall of the Martian Kings
by John Varley | 
Zima Blue and Other Stories
by Alastair Reynolds | 
The Jaguar Hunter
by Lucius Shepard | 
The Third Level
by Jack Finney | 
Under Old Earth
by Cordwainer Smith | 
Robot Uprisings
by Daniel H. Wilson | 
The Barbie Murders and Other Stories
by John Varley | 
The Draco Tavern
by Larry Niven | 
Expanded Universe
by Robert A. Heinlein | 
First Contacts
by Murray Leinster | 
Melancholy Elephants
by Spider Robinson |
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.