Watchbird

Watchbird - Paperback

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Watchbird - Paperback

Watchbird - Paperback

by Robert Sheckley
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by Robert Sheckley (Author)

This is a classic science fiction short story by Robert Sheckley, a Hugo and Nebula Award nominated author. The story deals with the subject of artificial intelligence and the questions that arise from allowing them to have the power to decide right from wrong. This work is part of our Vintage Sci-Fi Classics Series, a series in which we are republishing some of the best stories in the genre by some of its most acclaimed authors, such as Isaac Asimov, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and Robert Sheckley. Each publication is complete with a short introduction to the history of science fiction.

Number of Pages: 40
Dimensions: 0.1 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN
Publication Date: January 19, 2018
ISBN9781528703338
Author Robert Sheckley
PublisherVintage Sci-Fi Classics
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedJanuary 2018
LanguageENG- English
Pages40
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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