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Title: Hobson's Choice
Author: Alfred Bester
Year: 1952
Type: SHORTFICTION
Storylen: shortstory
Language: English
ISFDB Record Number: 55940
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Variant Titles:

• Kiezen Zonder Keuze [Dutch] (1977) - Alfred Bester
• Hände weg von Zeitmaschinen! [German] (1978) - Alfred Bester
• Elección forzosa [Spanish] (1985) - Alfred Bester
• Un tiens vaut mieux... [French] (1986) - Alfred Bester
• Scelta Obbligata [Italian] (2002) - Alfred Bester

Publications:

• The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1952, (Aug 1952, ed. Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas, publ. Fantasy House, Inc., $0.35, 132pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: George Gibbons - [VERIFIED]
• The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Second Series, (1953, ed. Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas, publ. Little, Brown, $3.00, 270pp, hc, anth)
• Best SF Two, (1956, ed. Edmund Crispin, publ. Faber and Faber, 15/-, 294pp, hc, anth)
• Starburst, (May 1958, Alfred Bester, publ. Signet, #S1524, $0.35, 160pp, pb, coll) Cover: Richard Powers - [VERIFIED]
• Best SF Two, (Sep 1958, ed. Edmund Crispin, publ. The Science Fiction Book Club (UK), #34, 5/6, 296pp, hc, anth) Cover: C. W. Bacon
• Best SF Two, (1960, ed. Edmund Crispin, publ. Faber and Faber, 6/-, 296pp, tp, anth)
• Best SF Two, (1962, ed. Edmund Crispin, publ. Faber and Faber, 6/-, 296pp, tp, anth) - [VERIFIED]
• Best SF Two, (1964, ed. Edmund Crispin, publ. Faber and Faber, 6/6, 296pp, tp, anth) - [VERIFIED]
• Starburst, (1965, Alfred Bester, publ. Signet, #D2672, $0.50, 160pp, pb, coll) Cover: Richard Powers - [VERIFIED]
• Starburst, (Oct 1968, Alfred Bester, publ. Sphere, #16071, 5/-, 158pp, pb, coll)
• Starburst, (Dec 1970, Alfred Bester, publ. Signet / New American Library of Canada, #T4460, C$0.75, 160pp, pb, coll) Cover: Bob Pepper - [VERIFIED]
• Starburst, (Mar 1973, Alfred Bester, publ. Sphere, 0-7221-1610-1, £0.30, 158pp, pb, coll) Cover: Colin Hay - [VERIFIED]
• Tomorrow and Tomorrow, (Oct 1973, ed. Damon Knight, publ. Simon & Schuster, 0-671-65210-9, $, 251pp, hc, anth) Cover: Wendell Minor
• Infinite Jests: The Lighter Side of Science Fiction, (1974, ed. Robert Silverberg, publ. Chilton, 0-8019-5931-4, $5.95, viii+231pp, hc, anth) Cover: Jack Freas - [VERIFIED]
• Tomorrow and Tomorrow, (Aug 1974, ed. Damon Knight, publ. Gollancz, 0-575-01873-9, £, 251pp, hc, anth) Cover: David Smee
• Star Light, Star Bright, (Jul 1976, Alfred Bester, publ. Berkley/Putnam, 0-399-11816-0, $7.95, 248pp, hc, coll) Cover: Richard Powers - [VERIFIED]
• Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester, (Dec 1976, Alfred Bester, publ. Nelson Doubleday / SFBC, #3140, $3.98, 409pp, hc, coll) Cover: Jack Woolhiser - [VERIFIED]
• The Best Science Fiction Stories, (1977, ed. uncredited, publ. Hamlyn, 0-600-38243-5, 750pp, hc, anth) - [VERIFIED]
• Verrukkelijk Fahrenheit, (1977, Alfred Bester, publ. Meulenhoff (M=SF #123), 90-290-0516-5, 349pp, pb, coll) Cover: Paul Lehr - [VERIFIED]
• Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester, (Jul 1977, Alfred Bester, publ. Berkley Medallion, 0-425-03451-8, $1.95, 452pp, pb, coll) Cover: Richard Powers - [VERIFIED]
• Star Light, Star Bright, (Feb 1978, Alfred Bester, publ. Gollancz, 0-575-02320-1, £4.50, 248pp, hc, coll)
• Hände weg von Zeitmaschinen, (Sep 1978, Alfred Bester, publ. Droemer Knaur (Knaur Science Fiction #705), 3-426-00705-3, DM 5.80, 175pp, pb, coll) Cover: George Jones - [VERIFIED]
• Star Light, Star Bright, (1979, Alfred Bester, publ. Fontana, 0-00-615406-9, £0.95, 220pp, pb, coll) Cover: Tim White - [VERIFIED]
• Starburst, (Mar 1980, Alfred Bester, publ. Signet / New American Library, 0-451-09132-9, $1.75, 160pp, pb, coll) Cover: Bob Pepper - [VERIFIED]
• The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction, (Apr 1980, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg, publ. Arbor House, 0-87795-246-9, $19.95, xii+754pp, hc, anth) Cover: Antler & Baldwin, Inc.
• The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction, (Apr 1980, ed. Robert Silverberg, Martin H. Greenberg, publ. Priam Books / Arbor House, 0-87795-266-3, $8.95, xii+754pp, tp, anth) Cover: Antler & Baldwin, Inc. - [VERIFIED]
• Hände weg von Zeitmaschinen, (Jun 1981, Alfred Bester, publ. Droemer Knaur (Knaur Science Fiction #5705), 3-426-05705-0, DM 5.80, 175+[1]pp, pb, coll) Cover: George Jones - [VERIFIED]
• Oh, luminosa y brillante estrella, (1985, Alfred Bester, publ. Teorema (Visión Arcadia), 84-7604-042-3, 281pp, tp, coll) Cover: Tim White
• The Great SF Stories #14 (1952), (Jan 1986, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, publ. DAW Books (DAW Collectors #660), 0-88677-106-4, $3.50, 352pp, pb, anth) Cover: Tony Roberts - [VERIFIED]
• Le livre d'or de la Science-Fiction : Alfred Bester, (Apr 1986, Alfred Bester, publ. Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5234), 2-266-01736-5, 312pp, pb, coll) Cover: Marcel Laverdet - [VERIFIED]
• Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century, (Nov 1987, ed. Robert Silverberg, Martin H. Greenberg, publ. Avenel Books, 0-517-64124-0, $8.98, x+726pp, hc, anth) Cover: Romas Kukalis
• Virtual Unrealities - The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester, (Nov 1997, Alfred Bester, publ. Vintage Books, 0-679-76783-5, $14.00, xiii + 366pp, tp, coll) Cover: Evan Gaffney - [VERIFIED]
• Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester, (Nov 1997, Alfred Bester, publ. Topeka Bindery, 1-4177-1932-X, $17.92, hc, coll)
• Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester, (Aug 1998, Alfred Bester, publ. Vintage Books / SFBC, 1-56865-805-2, $10.98, 366pp, hc, coll)
• The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 2, (Apr 2000, ed. Frederik Pohl, publ. Tor, 0-312-86879-0, $25.95, 432pp, hc, anth)
• The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 2, (Apr 2001, ed. Frederik Pohl, publ. Tor, 0-312-86878-2, $15.95, 432pp, tp, anth)
• Urania #1442, (Jun 2002, ed. Giuseppe Lippi, publ. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, #1442, €4.05, 460pp, pb, magazine) Cover: Franco Brambilla
• Starburst, (date unknown, Alfred Bester, publ. Signet, #T4460, $0.75, 160pp, pb, coll) Cover: Bob Pepper - [VERIFIED]
• Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester, (date unknown, Alfred Bester, publ. Berkley Medallion, 0-425-03451-8, $1.95, 452pp, pb, coll) Cover: Richard Powers - [VERIFIED]
• Virtual Unrealities - The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester, (date unknown, Alfred Bester, publ. Vintage Books, 0-679-76783-5, $14.00, xiii + 366pp, tp, coll) Cover: Evan Gaffney - [VERIFIED]

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