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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

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  • 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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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • Dimension of Miracles

    by Robert Sheckley ...
    A hapless Earthling must find his way home through a universe of absurdities in this science fiction romp from a Hugo and Nebula Award–nominated master.New York civil servant Thomas Carmody has never been particularly lucky. Imagine his surprise when he discovers he's won the grand prize in an Intergalactic Lottery he had no idea he'd entered.Whisked far away to Galactic Central to claim his award ... Read more

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  • Pilgrimage to Earth

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    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

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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

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  • Hunter/Victim

    by Robert Sheckley ...
    Series Book 3 - Victim
    Take a look at a dark, deadly future where the game is hunting and the result is killing, human to human, with status, money, power, and sex as the prizes. The operation runs underground and Frank Blackwell is a new recruit who is destined to change the game and turn it into legitimate popular entertainment for the masses.From the very beginning of his career, Robert Sheckley was recognized by ... Read more

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  • White Death

    by Robert Sheckley ...
    Series Book 4 - Stephen Dain
    One of the best futurist writers ever imagines an international detective—a professional risk taker working outside government, law, and order—and takes him on an adventure to what may as well be an alien planet as he goes on a mission into deepest Iran in search of the black opium of Baluchistan.From the very beginning of his career, Robert Sheckley was recognized by fans, reviewers, and fellow ... Read more

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  • The 10th Victim

    by Robert Sheckley ...
    Series Book 1 - Victim
    It's the twenty-first century and the ugliness of war no longer exists, except on a very personal level. Nowadays, people like Marcello Polletti, seller of Roman sunsets, and Caroline Meredith, lithe, beautiful, blond, and backed by corporate sponsors and the Roy Bell Dancers, hunt, chase, and kill one another for sport and for the entertainment of the masses—until something oddly like personal ... 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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  • 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

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