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Overview"In ""The Robot Who Looked Like Me,"" a busy man and a busy woman find a way to carve out time to romance each other--by having look-alike robots made to do the job--who then run away together. The twelve other stories in this collection are ""Slaves of Time,"" ""Voices,"" ""A Supplicant in Space,"" ""Sneak Previews,"" ""Zirn Left Unguarded, the Jenghik Palace in Flames, John Westerly Dead,"" ""Welcome to the Standard Nightmare,"" ""The Never-Ending Western Movie,"" ""What Is Life?"", ""I See a Man Sitting on a Chair, and the Chair Is Biting His Leg,"" ""Is That What People Do?"", ""Silversmith Wishes,"" and ""End City."" From the very beginning of his career, Robert Sheckley was recognized by fans, reviewers, and fellow authors as a master storyteller and the wittiest satirist working in the science fiction field. Rediscover, or discover for the first time, a master of science fiction who, according to the New York Times, was ""a precursor to Douglas Adams.""" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robert Sheckley , Johnny HellerPublisher: Tantor Audio Imprint: Tantor Audio ISBN: 9798212211239Publication Date: 19 July 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationRobert Sheckley was one of the funniest writers in the history of science fiction. He did screwball comedy, broad satire, and farce. He could also be deadly serious, but he was always entertaining and always had something pointed to say about our world using the skewed versions of reality he created in his fiction. Starting in the early 1950s, he was an amazingly prolific short story writer, with a lot of his stories appearing in Galaxy Magazine. He launched his novel-writing career with Immortality, Inc., which he followed up with a sequence of excellent books: The Status Civilization, Journey Beyond Tomorrow, and Mindswap. He continued to produce novels and short stories in abundance until his death in 2005. Johnny Heller has recorded over eight hundred titles and won multiple Earphones Awards and four prestigious Audie Awards. He one of AudioFile's Top 50 Narrators of the Twentieth Century and was awarded a Golden Voice Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |