The Robert Sheckley Omnibus
1973
First Published
4.24
Average Rating
392
Number of Pages
Twelve brilliant Sheckley stories plus his intoxicatingly ingenious novel Immortality Inc: the story of a man involved in a car crash who wakes to find himself in the 22nd century—in a new body! Introduction • essay by Robert Conquest Immortality, Inc. • (1959) Specialist • (1953) Bad Medicine • (1956) • Robert Sheckley as Finn O'Donnevan Pilgrimage to Earth • (1956) Ask a Foolish Question • (1953) A Ticket to Tranai • (1955) The Battle • (1954) Hands Off • (1954) The Prize of Peril • (1958) Hunting Problem • (1955) Ghost V • [AAA Ace] • (1954) Something for Nothing • (1954) The Store of the Worlds • (1959)
Avg Rating
4.24
Number of Ratings
72
5 STARS
42%
4 STARS
42%
3 STARS
15%
2 STARS
1%
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.
