A Collection of Robert Sheckley Science Fiction

A Collection of Robert Sheckley Science Fiction - Paperback

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A Collection of Robert Sheckley Science Fiction - Paperback

A Collection of Robert Sheckley Science Fiction - Paperback

by Robert Sheckley
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Book Overview

A Collection of Robert Sheckley Science Fiction includes 14 short stories that appeared in magazines of the 1950's. Included are: Beside Still Waters, Cost of Living, Diplomatic Immunity, Ask A Foolish, Question, The Leech, Warrior Race, The Hour of Battle, One Man's Poison, Warm, Keep Your Shape, Death Wish, Watchbird, Bad Medicine, Forever. Robert Sheckley was a Hugo and Nebula-nominated American author. He was first published in science fiction magazines of the 1950's. His numerous quick-witted stories and novels were famously unpredictable, absurdist and comical. Sheckley was named Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2001.
ISBN9781612039831
Author Robert Sheckley
PublisherGnome Press
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedMarch 2012
LanguageENG- English
Pages164
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Robert Sheckley

Robert Sheckley was a prolific short story writer beginning in 1952 with titles including "Specialist", "Pilgrimage to Earth", "Warm", "The Prize of Peril", and "Seventh Victim", collected in volumes from Untouched by Human Hands (1954) to Is That What People Do? (1984) and a five-volume set of Collected Stories (1991). His first novel, Immortality, Inc. (1958), was followed by The Status Civilization (1960), Journey Beyond Tomorrow (1962), Mindswap (1966), and several others. Sheckley served as fiction editor for Omni magazine from January 1980 through September 1981, and was named Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2001.

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