A collection of brilliant short stories from one of America's greatest ever science fiction writers
Robert Sheckley (1928-2005) was an American science-fiction writer whose utterly original work is noted for its merging of quick wit, philosophical musing and dark satire. His many story collections and novels include Untouched By Human Hands (1954) and Dimension of Miracles (1968). In 2001, he was made Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
Robert Sheckley is one of the great funny writers
*Douglas Adams*
Robert Sheckley was writing genuinely funny SF before Douglas Adams
was born ... It is a crime that most of his great short story
collections from the 50s, 60s and 70s are out of print
*Neil Gaiman*
Robert Sheckley is the greatest entertainer ever produced by modern
science fiction . . . what a feast of wit and intelligence he lays
out
*J.G Ballard*
One of science fiction's seminal humourists
*The New York Times*
One of the finest debut volumes ever published in the field, and
contains several tales which have remained famous, including 'The
Monsters' and the superb 'Specialist' ... Sheckley's stories are
unfailingly elegant and literate
*Science Fiction Encyclopedia*
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