Robert Sheckley
1928 – 2005
273 works in the book catalog catalog
Biography
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.
Also published as: Роберт Шекли
Most-read books
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories
4 · 1978 · 48 want to read
Foundation’s Friends
4.5 · 1989 · 27 want to read
The Bradbury Chronicles
4 · 1991 · 31 want to read
Galaxy
1980 · 26 want to read
Microcosmic Tales
4 · 1980 · 23 want to read
The Vintage Book of Amnesia
2000 · 20 want to read
Amazing stories
1985 · 20 want to read
Fifty short science fiction tales
5 · 1963 · 17 want to read
Immortality Inc
3 · 1963 · 17 want to read
Science Fiction A to Z
1982 · 16 want to read
Bring me the head of Prince Charming
3 · 1991 · 8 want to read
Mathenauts
1987 · 12 want to read
The great science fiction series
4 · 1980 · 10 want to read
A Farce to be Reckoned With
3 · 1995 · 8 want to read
Wandering Stars
5 · 1974 · 10 want to read
Tomorrow's children
4 · 1966 · 11 want to read
The End of the World -- stories of the apocalypse
4 · 2010 · 8 want to read
Mindswap
4 · 1966 · 10 want to read
The Science Fictional Solar System
4 · 1979 · 8 want to read
Yesterday's Tomorrows
4 · 1982 · 7 want to read
Terrors, Terrors, Terrors
1979 · 9 want to read
Short Fiction
5 · 2021 · 9 want to read
Starships
1983 · 8 want to read
Science fact/fiction
1974 · 9 want to read