The Robot Who Looked Like Me [collection]
by Robert Sheckley
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"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," show more "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." show lessTags
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Between the sexism and the 70's perspective, this is dated. Some clever bits, but nothing worth seeking out. One of the stories reminded me of [b:The Man Who Folded Himself|624122|The Man Who Folded Himself|David Gerrold|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1344701884s/624122.jpg|610483], a few others of [b:Azazel|71904|Azazel|Isaac Asimov|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1457924692s/71904.jpg|1932589]. Also, I do have to warn y'all that this is not for the squeamish or for children.
I'm looking through to see if I can find one to tell you was my 'favorite' and am having trouble remembering them... not a good sign... well, I did like"A Supplicant in Space." And "The Never-Ending Western Movie" both predicts reality TV and is poignant... show more that one might be worth your time. show less
I'm looking through to see if I can find one to tell you was my 'favorite' and am having trouble remembering them... not a good sign... well, I did like"A Supplicant in Space." And "The Never-Ending Western Movie" both predicts reality TV and is poignant... show more that one might be worth your time. show less
It was a gift, I hate book gifts from people who don't read and are not interested I what I read. So I sold it to a fan of the author who wanted this edition, he was very happy of the cheap price. I never attracted me.
Indeholder "The Robot who looked like me", "Slaves of time", "Voices", "A suppliant in space", "Sneak previews", "Zirn left unguarded, The Jenghik Palace in flames, Jon 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", "End city".
"The Robot who looked like me" handler om ikke at have tid til ret meget andet end arbejde men så er der jo robotter.
"Slaves of time" er en indviklet tidsrejsehistorie.
"Voices" handler om at lade sig styre af stemmer i hovedet.
"A suppliant in space" handler om en fupmager i rummet.
"Sneak previews" handler om dating bureau date.
"Zirn left show more unguarded, The Jenghik Palace in flames, Jon Westerly dead" er en underlig rumkrigsberetning.
"Welcome to the standard nightmare" handler om møde med overlegen civilisation.
"The never-ending western movie" handler om et westernfilmsunivers.
"What is life?" handler om det gamle spørgsmål serveret som joke.
"I see a man sitting on a chair, and the chair is biting his leg" handler om en mærkelig sygdom.
"Is that what people do?" handler om en ægte voyeurhistorie.
"Silversmith wishes" handler om tre ønsker og tre mere og hvad så?
"End city" handler om endestationen.
Alle historierne er underlige på hver sin underlige måde. show less
"The Robot who looked like me" handler om ikke at have tid til ret meget andet end arbejde men så er der jo robotter.
"Slaves of time" er en indviklet tidsrejsehistorie.
"Voices" handler om at lade sig styre af stemmer i hovedet.
"A suppliant in space" handler om en fupmager i rummet.
"Sneak previews" handler om dating bureau date.
"Zirn left show more unguarded, The Jenghik Palace in flames, Jon Westerly dead" er en underlig rumkrigsberetning.
"Welcome to the standard nightmare" handler om møde med overlegen civilisation.
"The never-ending western movie" handler om et westernfilmsunivers.
"What is life?" handler om det gamle spørgsmål serveret som joke.
"I see a man sitting on a chair, and the chair is biting his leg" handler om en mærkelig sygdom.
"Is that what people do?" handler om en ægte voyeurhistorie.
"Silversmith wishes" handler om tre ønsker og tre mere og hvad så?
"End city" handler om endestationen.
Alle historierne er underlige på hver sin underlige måde. show less
Nov 14, 2008 (Edited)Danish
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- The Robot Who Looked Like Me [collection]
- Original title
- The Robot Who Looked Like Me
- Original publication date
- 1978
- Original language*
- Englisch
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