Proof of the Pudding
1952
First Published
3.04
Average Rating
11
Number of Pages
Short story that first appeared in the August 1952 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction.
Avg Rating
3.04
Number of Ratings
25
5 STARS
8%
4 STARS
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3 STARS
64%
2 STARS
20%
1 STARS
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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.
