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: 3.88 · 41,284 ratings · 2,594 reviews · 708 distinct works • Similar authors

	Immortality, Inc. 3.82 avg rating — 1,799 ratings — published 1959 — 46 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 — 1,812 ratings — published 1960 — 32 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) 3.91 avg rating — 1,601 ratings — published 1968 — 10 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 3.70 avg rating — 1,318 ratings — published 1966 — 43 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) 4.18 avg rating — 678 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 — 795 ratings — published 1954 — 27 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 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 553 ratings — published 1957 — 15 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 — 570 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
	Citizen In Space 4.08 avg rating — 464 ratings — published 1955 — 16 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 10th Victim 3.78 avg rating — 526 ratings — published 1965 — 27 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

Dimension of Miracles (1 book)
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Victim (3 books)
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Hob Draconian (3 books)
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3.45 avg rating — 71 ratings

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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3rd Quarter 2018 - SciFi

Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller, 336p

6 votes, 21.4%

Starfish by Peter Watts, 384p

5 votes, 17.9%

Vox by Christina Dalcher, 336p

5 votes, 17.9%

Ringworld by Larry Niven, 342p

3 votes, 10.7%

The World Jones Made by Philip K. Dick, 199p

2 votes, 7.1%

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow, 382p

2 votes, 7.1%

Ironclads by Adrian Tchaikovsky, 200p

2 votes, 7.1%

Ribofunk by Paul Di Filippo, 295p

2 votes, 7.1%

The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist, 268p

1 vote, 3.6%

Quarter Share by Nathan Lowell, 250p

0 votes, 0.0%

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline, 231p

0 votes, 0.0%

Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick, 204p

0 votes, 0.0%

Crompton Divided by Robert Sheckley, 182p

0 votes, 0.0%

Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve, 373p

0 votes, 0.0%

The Oracle Year by Charles Soule, 416p

0 votes, 0.0%

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