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  • Diplomatic Immunity

    by Robert Sheckley ...
    The story follows the adventures of a human diplomat named Elliott West, who is assigned to negotiate with an alien race known as the Melf. The Melf are a peculiar species with a unique culture and customs, and their planet is notorious for its strict adherence to diplomatic immunity laws. As West navigates the complexities of interstellar diplomacy, he discovers that the concept of diplomatic ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Immortality Inc.

    by Robert Sheckley ...
    A man wakes up after a fatal car accident—in someone else's body—in this ahead-of-its-time Hugo Award–nominated classic.Thomas Blaine remembered the car accident that killed him—and then he woke up in the hospital. A nurse told him where he was. "You'd call it being in the future." A future where bodies are sold to the highest bidder as new homes for the minds of the rich, who are greedy for more ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Robert Sheckley Megapack

    15 Classic Science Fiction Stories

    by Robert Sheckley ...
    The Robert Sheckley Megapack presents 14 short stories and 1 novel by the author Neil Gaiman called "probably the best short-story writer during the '50s to the mid-1960s working in any field." Here are tales of adventure in strange futures, full of the wry wit and piercing characterizations that made Sheckley one of the great writers working in science fiction!"Robert Sheckley: the best short ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD

  • Ask a Foolish Question

    by Robert Sheckley ...
    It’s well established now that the way you put a question often determines not only the answer you’ll get, but the type of answer possible. So ... a mechanical answerer, geared to produce the ultimate revelations in reference to anything you want to know, might have unsuspected limitations. ... Read more

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  • Store of the Worlds

    The Stories of Robert Sheckley

    by Robert Sheckley ...
    An NYRB Classics OriginalRobert Sheckley was an eccentric master of the American short story, and his tales, whether set in dystopic cityscapes, ultramodern advertising agencies, or aboard spaceships lighting out for hostile planets, are among the most startlingly original of the twentieth century. Today, as the new worlds, alternate universes, and synthetic pleasures Sheckley foretold become our ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD

  • The Game of X

    A Novel of Upmanship Espionage

    by Robert Sheckley ...
    All secret agents need to look out for William Nye, now known as Agent X. His recruitment was simple and his legend is brilliant but unearned. Somehow, he thinks he's the best there is, and we all know how pride goeth before a fall. The master of SF hilarity and biting social satire creates a spy world that has gathered praise from the greats of the genre.From the very beginning of his career, ... Read more

    $6.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Uncanny Tales

    Stories

    by Robert Sheckley ...
    The acclaimed author demonstrates his incredible versatility in this career-spanning story collection that ranges from sci-fi to supernatural horror.Known for science fiction that combined brilliant speculation with sharp satirical wit, Robert Scheckley was also capable of conjuring chills and inventing fantastical new worlds. Uncanny Tales presents sixteen of the beloved author's best stories ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pilgrimage to Earth

    Stories

    by Robert Sheckley ...
    Science fiction tales from "one of the genre's leading humorists" ( The New York Times Book Review).In "Pilgrimage to Earth," on a long-desired trip to the home planet, a young man finds a perfectly developed society and, finally, deep, true love—which, sadly, only lasts for a very limited time before the reset button removes all trace of it.The fourteen other stories in this collection are "All ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Shards of Space

    Stories

    by Robert Sheckley ...
    The classic sci-fi story collection features eleven tales of outer space adventure from one of the genre's greatest talents—"a precursor to Douglas Adams" ( The New York Times).In "Fool's Mate," a stalemate in deep space is broken by a crazy man and a set of fake orders. A new longevity drug may lead to an untimely end for its inventor in "Forever." And in "Prospector's Special," a lone explorer ... Read more

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  • The Status Civilization

    by Robert Sheckley ...
    Will Barrent had no memory of his crime... but he found himself shipped across space to a brutal prison-planet. On Omega, his only chance to advance himself - and stay alive - is to commit an endless series of violent crimes. The average inmate's life expectancy from time of arrival is three years. Can Barrett survive, escape, and return to Earth to clear his name? ... Read more

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  • Minotaur Maze

    by Robert Sheckley ...
    Minotaur Maze is Robert Sheckley's modern take on the myth of the Minotaur. It is a tour de force of imagination, fantasy, and creative confusion. Through brief chapters running from "How Theseus Got His First Mintoauring Job" to "I Hate to Blame Daedalus for Everything," "The Attack of the Self Pity Plant," "Daedalus Dispenses with Causality," and finally, "Falling Through the Story," we travel a ... Read more

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  • The Status Civilization

    by Robert Sheckley ...
    On a savage prison planet, a reluctant killer searches for his memoryHe awakes in the cell, his mind blank save for a faint memory of standing over a dead man with a gun. Guilty of murder, his brain has been wiped, and he has been transported to Omega, the prison planet, where evil is worshipped as a god. His jailers inform him of his name, Will Barrent, his crime, and the average life expectancy ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus