Robert Sheckley Books

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Hob Draconian, ex-hippie American expatriate in Paris, flies to New York to raise money for a house in Spain. As luck has it someone proposes a deal, escort a New York model to Paris and earn $10,000. The next Draconian knows, he is a target for the DEA, drug dealers and terrorists

For over four decades, the demand for Star Trek stories has led to five television series, over seven hundred episodes, ten feature films, and an animated series. From the early short-story adaptations by James Blish in the 1960s to the original novels of the 1970s and beyond, fiction has significantly expanded the Star Trek universe. This exploration delves into why these books serve as a powerful creative outlet for some and a fresh way to engage with the Star Trek mythos for others. The work reflects on the first forty years of professionally published Star Trek fiction, showcasing the personalities and creative sensibilities of its contributors. It provides an insightful look into the creative processes, challenges, innovations, and progress within this literary landscape. Author Jeff Ayers has engaged with nearly six hundred books and interviewed over three hundred authors and editors to create a comprehensive guide to this unique publishing phenomenon. Fully illustrated with book covers, the work includes an index by title and author, as well as a detailed timeline, making it an essential resource for every fan.

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.

Azzy Elbub, demon, has his sights set on the Millenial Evil Deeds Award, given to the being whose acts do the most toward reshaping the world. But his evil plans go far astray. ...

This classical work has been preserved and republished in a modern format to ensure its significance endures for future generations. The book has been meticulously reformatted, retyped, and designed, resulting in a clear and readable text that is not derived from scanned copies of the original.

Announced in a thunderclap out of another day's tedium, hapless New Yorker Tom Carmody learns that he is the winner of the Intergalactic Sweepstake. Accepting with a shrug, he is whipped across the universe to collect his prize. The catch? There's no way home. Enlisting the help of galactic bureaucrats, planetary engineers and a couple of gods, Carmody embarks on a desperate search for Earth, all the while being pursued by a perplexing predatory creature . . . Often cited as an influence on Douglas Adams, Dimension of Miracles is a masterwork of electric humour that offers an oblique examination of human nature amid the vastness of the cosmos.

This is it. Over. Don. Through. FINI. Boom. Kaput: The End of the World and how to Enjoy it. Contents The Last Days of (Parallel?) Earth by Robert Sheckley The Day After the End of the World by Harry Harrison A Very Good Year Roger Zelazny Fire And/or Ice Roger Zelazny Exeunt Omnes Roger Zelazny Sungrab William F. Nolan Where are you now, Erik Scorbic? K. Copeland Shea Bud Ian Watson The Making of Revelation, Part I Philip Jose' Farmer Rebecca Rubinstein's Seventeenth Birthday Simon Gandolfi The Revelation Thomas M. Disch Nirvana is a Nowhere Place Joel Schulman Heir J. A. Lawrence The Kingom of O'Ryan Bob Shaw Just Another End of the World Maxim Jakubowski

Contents: 7 • The People Trap • (1968) 28 • The Victim from Space • (1957) 48 • Shall We Have a Little Talk? • (1965) 75 • Restricted Area • (1953) 93 • The Odour of Thought • (1953)(aka The Odor of Thought) 106 • The Necessary Thing • (1955) 119 • Redfern's Labyrinth • (1968) 125 • Proof of the Pudding • (1952) 134 • The Laxian Key • (1954) 146 • The Last Weapon • (1953) 156 • Fishing Season • (1953) 172 • Dreamworld • (1968) 183 • Diplomatic Immunity • (1953) 205 • Ghost V • (1954)