Robert Sheckley





Robert Sheckley

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born
July 16, 1928 in New York City, The United States

died
December 09, 2005

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One of science fiction's great humorists, 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.


Average rating: 3.68 · 6631 ratings · 442 reviews · 237 distinct works
Bring Me the Head of Prince...
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3.54 of 5 stars 354 avg rating — 860 ratings — published 1991 — 10 editions
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If at Faust You Don't Succe...
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3.53 of 5 stars 353 avg rating — 406 ratings — published 1993 — 6 editions
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Immortality, Inc.
3.81 of 5 stars 381 avg rating — 262 ratings — published 1958 — 15 editions
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Mindswap
3.65 of 5 stars 365 avg rating — 248 ratings — published 1966 — 17 editions
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The Status Civilization
3.77 of 5 stars 377 avg rating — 248 ratings — published 1960 — 38 editions
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A Farce to Be Reckoned with...
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3.59 of 5 stars 359 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 1995 — 6 editions
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Untouched By Human Hands
4.06 of 5 stars 406 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 1954 — 7 editions
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The Tenth Victim
3.69 of 5 stars 369 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 1965 — 8 editions
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Dimension of Miracles
3.86 of 5 stars 386 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 1968 — 14 editions
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Pilgrimage to Earth
3.92 of 5 stars 392 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 1957 — 8 editions
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Bring Me the Head of Prince... If at Faust You Don't Succeed A Farce to Be Reckoned with
Millennial Contest (3 books)
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3.5417515274949083 of 5 stars 354 avg rating — 1473 ratings
The Tenth Victim Victim Prime Hunter/Victim
Victim (3 books)
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3.7094594594594597 of 5 stars 371 avg rating — 296 ratings
“Wherever you go in the galaxy, you can find a food business, a house-building business, a war business, a peace business, a governing business, and so forth. And, of course, a God business, which is called 'religion,' and which is a particularly reprehensible line of endeavor. ”
Robert Sheckley, Dimension of Miracles

“Pour la carotte, le lapin est la parfaite incarnation du Mal.”
Robert Sheckley

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