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(3.85) | 1 | "If the Marx Brothers had been literary fantasists, they would have been Robert Sheckley." --Harlan Ellison 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. Open Road is proud to republish his acclaimed body of work, with nearly thirty volumes of full-length fiction and short story collections. 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."… (more) |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in EnglishNone ▾Book descriptions "If the Marx Brothers had been literary fantasists, they would have been Robert Sheckley." --Harlan Ellison 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. Open Road is proud to republish his acclaimed body of work, with nearly thirty volumes of full-length fiction and short story collections. 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." ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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The Robot Who Looked Like Me is a collection of fantasy and space opera : - The Robot Who Looked Like Me (1973)
- Slaves of Time (1974)
- Voices (1973)
- A Supplicant in Space (1973) aka A Suppliant in Space
- Zirn Left Unguarded, the Jenghik Palace in Flames, Jon Westerley Dead (1972)
- Sneak Previews (1977)
- Welcome to the Standard Nightmare (1973)
- End City (1974)
- The Never-Ending Western Movie (1976)
- What Is Life? (1976)
- I See a Man Sitting on a Chair, and the Chair Is Biting His Leg (1968)
- Is That What People Do? (1978)
- Silversmith Wishes (1977)
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