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Loading... The Game of X (edition 1980)by Robert Sheckley
Work InformationThe Game of X by Robert Sheckley
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Pretty good space spy thriller by Sheckley. Fun read. ( ) Ridiculous but enjoyable story of an American in Paris recruited for a one-time spy mission who finds himself invited back for a much more dangerous mission a few weeks later. In the meantime, the spy service has seen fit to give him a larger-than-life reputation as "Agent X". Not the knee-slapper the blurbs on and inside the cover would lead you to expect. Instead, there is an amusing sense of ironic detachment interspersed with righteous indignation and sudden urges for self-preservation. This appears to have been written with a bottle of some sort of spirits close at hand..... no reviews | add a review
All secret agents need to look out for William Nye, now known as Agent X. His recruitment was simple and his legend is brilliant but unearned. Somehow, he thinks he's the best there is, and we all know how pride goeth before a fall. The master of SF hilarity and biting social satire creates a spy world that has gathered praise from the greats of the genre. 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." No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.91Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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