Robert Sheckley (1928-2005) was an American science-fiction writer whose utterly original work is noted for its merging of quick wit, philosophical musing and dark satire. His many story collections and novels include
Untouched By Human Hands (1954) and
Dimension of Miracles (1968). In 2001, he was made Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.Robert Sheckley is one of the great funny writersRobert Sheckley was writing genuinely funny SF before Douglas Adams was born ... It is a crime that most of his great short story collections from the 50s, 60s and 70s are out of printRobert Sheckley is the greatest entertainer ever produced by modern science fiction . . . what a feast of wit and intelligence he lays outOne of science fiction's seminal humouristsOne of the finest debut volumes ever published in the field, and contains several tales which have remained famous, including 'The Monsters' and the superb 'Specialist' ... Sheckley's stories are unfailingly elegant and literate
'The greatest entertainer ever produced by science fiction' J. G. Ballard
These surreal, elegantly witty tales from one of the most esteemed writers of science fiction encompass indignant aliens, stranded space explorers, shapeshifters, a company that manufactures designer planets and a deadly hunting game in far-future New York.
'Robert Sheckley is one of the great funny writers' Douglas Adams
'A writer not quite like any other whose forte is his own brand of strange and wonderful humour' The New York Times
'Genuinely funny SF' Neil Gaiman
