Robert Sheckley

Born

in New York City, The United States

July 16, 1928

Died

December 09, 2005

Website

http://www.sheckley.com/

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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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.

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Robert Sheckley’s books

Average rating: 3.89 · 47,621 ratings · 3,136 reviews · 787 distinct works • Similar authors

	Immortality, Inc. 3.83 avg rating — 2,009 ratings — published 1959 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Status Civilization 3.95 avg rating — 2,021 ratings — published 1960 — 97 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dimension of Miracles (Dimension of Miracles #1) 3.92 avg rating — 1,805 ratings — published 1968 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mindswap 3.68 avg rating — 1,501 ratings — published 1966 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Store of the Worlds: The Stories of Robert Sheckley by Robert Sheckley, Jonathan Lethem (Editor), Alex Abramovich (Editor) 4.17 avg rating — 770 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Untouched By Human Hands 4.20 avg rating — 966 ratings — published 1954 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pilgrimage to Earth 4.01 avg rating — 627 ratings — published 1957 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aliens: Alien Harvest 3.50 avg rating — 635 ratings — published 1994 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Robert Sheckley Megapack: 15 Classic Science Fiction Stories 4.14 avg rating — 237 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Citizen In Space 4.11 avg rating — 508 ratings — published 1955 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Robert Sheckley

Victim (3 books)
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Dimension of Miracles (2 books)
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Hob Draconian (3 books)
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Quotes by Robert Sheckley

“Sanity is a matter of consensus.”
― Robert Sheckley, Options

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“- "What is reality?"
- "One of the many possible illusions.”
― Robert Sheckley, Options

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“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

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Polls

Monthly Reads: April 2019 - Humorous and Light Sci-Fi

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

12 votes, 44.4%

Redshirts by John Scalzi

5 votes, 18.5%

Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein

4 votes, 14.8%

Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper

4 votes, 14.8%

Immortality, Inc. by Robert Sheckley

2 votes, 7.4%

27 total votes

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