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  • The Robert Sheckley Megapack

    15 Classic Science Fiction Stories

    by Robert Sheckley ...
    The Robert Sheckley Megapack presents 14 short stories and 1 novel by the author Neil Gaiman called "probably the best short-story writer during the '50s to the mid-1960s working in any field." Here are tales of adventure in strange futures, full of the wry wit and piercing characterizations that made Sheckley one of the great writers working in science fiction!"Robert Sheckley: the best short ... Read more

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  • The Robert Sheckley Collection. 14 Signature Classics Novels and Stories. Illustrated

    Cost of Living, Bad Medicine, Warrior Race, Keep Your Shape and others

    by Robert Sheckley ...
    Step into the extraordinary worlds of Robert Sheckley, one of the most brilliant and imaginative writers of science fiction and satire. This meticulously curated collection brings together 14 of his most iconic works, showcasing his unparalleled ability to blend humor, intellect, and speculative fiction into unforgettable narratives. Sheckley’s sharp wit and visionary storytelling are on full ... Read more

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  • Immortality Inc.

    by Robert Sheckley ...
    A man wakes up after a fatal car accident—in someone else's body—in this ahead-of-its-time Hugo Award–nominated classic.Thomas Blaine remembered the car accident that killed him—and then he woke up in the hospital. A nurse told him where he was. "You'd call it being in the future." A future where bodies are sold to the highest bidder as new homes for the minds of the rich, who are greedy for more ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Dimension of Miracles

    by Robert Sheckley ...
    A hapless Earthling must find his way home through a universe of absurdities in this science fiction romp from a Hugo and Nebula Award–nominated master.New York civil servant Thomas Carmody has never been particularly lucky. Imagine his surprise when he discovers he's won the grand prize in an Intergalactic Lottery he had no idea he'd entered.Whisked far away to Galactic Central to claim his award ... Read more

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  • Five Fantastic Stories

    by Frank Herbert, Algis Budrys, Robert Sheckley, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Jamie Wild ...
    Collected here are five fantastic stories by Algis Budrys, Frank Herbert, Robert Sheckley, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., and Jamie Wild. 1) The Stoker and the Stars: When you've had your ears pinned back in a bowknot, it's sometimes hard to remember that an intelligent people has no respect for a whipped enemy ... but does for a fairly beaten enemy. 2) Missing Link: The Romantics used to say that the eyes ... Read more

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  • The Science Fiction Archive #1

    by Murray Leinster, Frank Robinson, Sewell Wright, C. L. Moore, Evelyn E. Smith, Robert Sheckley, Robert Abernathy, Rey Bertran ...
    Series Book 1 - The Science Fiction Archive
    Edited by the mysterious Rey Bertran, the Science Fiction Archive #1 features some of the greatest science fiction writing of all time. Featuring: The Sentimentalists, by Murray Leinster The Girls from Earth, by Frank Robinson The Death Traps of FX-31, by Sewell Wright Song in a minor key, by C.L. Moore Sentry of the Sky, by Evelyn E. Smith Meeting of the Minds, by Robert Sheckley Junior, by ... Read more

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  • The Game of X

    A Novel of Upmanship Espionage

    by Robert Sheckley ...
    All secret agents need to look out for William Nye, now known as Agent X. His recruitment was simple and his legend is brilliant but unearned. Somehow, he thinks he's the best there is, and we all know how pride goeth before a fall. The master of SF hilarity and biting social satire creates a spy world that has gathered praise from the greats of the genre.From the very beginning of his career, ... Read more

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  • Is That What People Do?

    Stories

    by Robert Sheckley ...
    More than three dozen of the best and most popular stories by the acknowledged master of the short science fiction story. The thirty-nine works contained in this volume—twenty-six from the author's ten other Open Road collections, plus thirteen additional pieces unique to this volume—include these vintage Sheckley stories: "The Eye of Reality," "The Language of Love," "The Accountant," "A Wind Is ... Read more

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  • The 10th Victim

    by Robert Sheckley ...
    Series Book 1 - Victim
    It's the twenty-first century and the ugliness of war no longer exists, except on a very personal level. Nowadays, people like Marcello Polletti, seller of Roman sunsets, and Caroline Meredith, lithe, beautiful, blond, and backed by corporate sponsors and the Roy Bell Dancers, hunt, chase, and kill one another for sport and for the entertainment of the masses—until something oddly like personal ... Read more

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  • Shards of Space

    Stories

    by Robert Sheckley ...
    The classic sci-fi story collection features eleven tales of outer space adventure from one of the genre's greatest talents—"a precursor to Douglas Adams" ( The New York Times).In "Fool's Mate," a stalemate in deep space is broken by a crazy man and a set of fake orders. A new longevity drug may lead to an untimely end for its inventor in "Forever." And in "Prospector's Special," a lone explorer ... Read more

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  • The Robot Who Looked Like Me

    Stories

    by Robert Sheckley ...
    "If the Marx Brothers had been literary fantasists, they would have been Robert Sheckley." —Harlan EllisonIn "The Robot Who Looked Like Me," a busy man and a busy woman find a way to carve out time to romance each other—by having look-alike robots made to do the job—who then run away together.The twelve other stories in this collection are "Slaves of Time," "Voices," "A Supplicant in Space," ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Fifth Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®

    by Gardner Dozois, Allen Steele, Cory Doctorow, Jay Lake, Donald E. Westlake, Frederik Pohl, Avram Davidson, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Carol Emshwiller, Robert Sheckley, Pamela Sargent, George Zebrowski, Brenda W. Clough, Keith Laumer, Darrell Schweitzer, Bruce Bethke, Grania Davis, Sterling E. Lanier, James C. Stewart, Alan E. Nourse, Rick Raphael, Walter S. Tevis, Charles L. Fontenay, Ken Scholes, Everett B. Cole, Walter J. Sheldon ...
    The fifth volume in the Science Fiction Megapack series collects 25 tales of high adventure through other worlds and times, including 5 Hugo and Nebula Award-winners and nominees. Featured this time are:AGAPE AMONG THE ROBOTS, by Allen SteeleTHE STARSHIP MECHANIC, by Jay Lake and Ken ScholesPEACEMAKER, by Gardner DozoisOR ALL THE SEAS WITH OYSTERS, by Avram DavidsonGRANDMA, by Carol EmshwillerTHE ... Read more

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