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Robert Sheckley

Robert Sheckley (July 16, 1928 – December 9, 2005) was an American writer. First published in the science-fiction magazines of the 1950s, his many quick-witted stories and novels were famously unpredictable, absurdist, and broadly comical.

Nominated for Hugo and Nebula Awards, Sheckley was named Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2001.

American writer (1928–2005)

Born	1928
Died	2005

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The Status Civilization

by Robert Sheckley First published in 1967 — 13 editions

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Foundation’s Friends: Stories in Honor of Isaac Asimov

by Martin H. Greenberg, Pamela Sargent, Robert Silverberg, Edward Wellen, Harry Turtledove, Connie Willis, George Alec Effinger, Mike Resnick, Barry N. Malzberg, and 9 others First published in 1989 — 13 editions
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Mindswap: a novel.

by Robert Sheckley First published in 1966 — 12 editions
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Wandering Stars

by Jack Dann, Isaac Asimov, Dann, Jack, William Tenn, Carol Carr, Robert Silverberg, Horace Gold, Pamela Sargent, Bernard Malamud, and 4 others First published in 1974 — 10 editions
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The future makers

by Peter Haining, Theodore Sturgeon, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Sheckley, Brian W. Aldiss, and Isaac Asimov First published in 1968 — 9 editions
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Pilgrimage to Earth

by Robert Sheckley and Robert Sheckley First published in 1957 — 9 editions

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The Bradbury Chronicles: Stories in Honor of Ray Bradbury

by William F. Nolan, Martin H. Greenberg, Ray Bradbury, Cameron Nolan, Edward Gorman, James Kisner, Charles L. Grant, Richard Matheson, Chad Oliver, and 13 others First published in 1991 — 8 editions
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Dimension of miracles

by Robert Sheckley First published in 1968 — 7 editions
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Immortality Inc.

by Robert Sheckley First published in 1963 — 7 editions
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100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories

by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Larry Niven, Charles E. Fritch, Bill Pronzini, George R. R. Martin, Jerome Bixby, and 60 others First published in 1978 — 7 editions
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Fifty short science fiction tales

by Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin, Poul Anderson, Alan Bloch, Anthony Boucher, Fredric Brown, Charles Muñoz, Cleve Cartmill, Peter Grainger, and 44 others First published in 1963 — 6 editions

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Partners in Wonder: Stories

by Robert Silverberg, Theodore Sturgeon, Samuel R. Delany, Harlan Ellison, and Robert Sheckley First published in 2009 — 6 editions

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Tomorrow's children: 18 tales of fantasy and science fiction

by Isaac Asimov, Robert Sheckley, Margaret St. Clair, Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore, Fritz Leiber, William M. Lee, Damon Knight, Murray Leinster, and 10 others First published in 1966 — 6 editions

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On the planet of bottled brains

by Harry Harrison and Robert Sheckley First published in 1990 — 6 editions
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Status Civilization

by Robert Sheckley First published in 2009 — 5 editions

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Untouched by Human Hands

by Robert Sheckley First published in 1954 — 5 editions
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by Robert Sheckley First published in 1975 — 5 editions
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Beyond the barriers of space and time

by Judith Merril, Walter M. Miller Jr., Will Thompson, John Wyndham, J C Furnas, Mark Clifton, Alex Apostolides, Philip K. Dick, David Grinnell, and 12 others First published in 1954 — 5 editions
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A Farce to be Reckoned With

by Roger Zelazny and Robert Sheckley First published in 1995 — 5 editions

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The Science fictional solar system

by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh, Theodore L. Thomas, Alan Edward Nourse, Robert Sheckley, Terry Carr, Poul Anderson, James Blish, and 6 others First published in 1979 — 5 editions
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American writer (1928–2005)

Born	1928
Died	2005

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OLID: OL231796A
BookBrainz: 5cfddcfd-4e75-4677-a5a4-db920ce68f4a
GoodReads: 8489
ISNI: 0000000114732737
IMDb: nm0790533
Library of Congress Names: n50022137
LibraryThing: sheckleyrobert
LibriVox: 741
MusicBrainz: f40777c0-a6f6-4f36-8710-e95cee5a7f43
Project Gutenberg: 2960
VIAF: 59089266
Wikidata: Q333246
Inventaire.io: wd:Q333246

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