Robert Sheckley (July 16, 1928 – December 9, 2005) was an American writer. First published in the science-fiction magazines of the 1950s, his numerous 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.
Robert Sheckley
Author details
- Born:
- Jan. 6, 1928
- Died:
- Jan. 6, 2005
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Books by Robert Sheckley
Rudy Rucker, Isaac Asimov, Douglas R. Hofstadter, Larry Niven, Greg Bear, Frederik Pohl, Martin Gardner, Robert Sheckley, Watson, Ian, Gregory Benford, Kathryn Cramer, George Zebrowski, Marc Laidlaw, Ruth Berman, Norman Kagan, Anatoly Dnieprov, Don Sakers, William F. Orr, Henry Gross: Mathenauts (1989, New English Library)
Mathenauts
by Rudy Rucker, Isaac Asimov, Douglas R. Hofstadter, and 16 others
Isaac Asimov's science fiction treasury
by Isaac Asimov, George R. R. Martin, Robert Silverberg, and 37 others
