Citizen in Space
1955
First Published
4.13
Average Rating
200
Number of Pages
Contents The Mountain Without a Name The Accountant Hunting Problem A Thief in Time The Luckiest Man in the World Hands Off Something for Nothing A Ticket to Tranai The Battle Skulking Permit Citizen in Space Ask a Foolish Question
Avg Rating
4.13
Number of Ratings
663
5 STARS
37%
4 STARS
42%
3 STARS
17%
2 STARS
3%
1 STARS
0%
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Author
Robert Sheckley
Author · 78 books
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.
