Journey Beyond Tomorrow

Sheckley at his best was one of the funniest writers in science fiction. This book offers plenty of at times biting and frequently absurd satire, taking aim at just about every component of 1960s America (from hippies to healthcare to justice to academia to government to the military and more). All this in the context of the Cold War and imminent nuclear holocaust.

I found it a little bit slow to get going, but then it hit its stride about 30 pages in and kept me consistently laughing (or at least consistently grinning) through page 100 or so. The last third of the book, starting when our protagonist Joenes leaves academia to go work for the US government, was increasingly bleak, and I found it neither particularly funny nor show more particularly on target.

I'd like to think that the cover blurbs of the 1962 Dell edition were intended to be toungue-in-cheek, since they had nothing to do with 95% of this story, and little to do with the other 5%. show less

Un insospettabile gioiello di letteratura psichedelica e antimilitarista, ad alto tasso di umorismo, impropriamente bollata come fantascienza, cosa che ne ha sicuramente impedito maggiori diffusione e apprezzamento.
Veramente piacevolissimo.

This is one very strange book. Machines were supposed to have taken over the world with one man fighting against them. However, the machines do not figure into the story until near the end. If this was about the absurdity of beauracracy, then it succeded. but not really worth the effort.

Another Pringle list book.
Ehhh...
I love a good 60s American satire, but this one feels a little dated. His most sharpened barbs are directed at the academia, and that for me was the most interesting section of the book. In general, not really funny enough or confrontational enough to have a lot of relevance today.
I suppose it's worth a look ; it's short enough, but I'm having a hard time giving it more than two and a half stars

A worthless adventure parody. Not much else to say really. The prose is sufficient, but the story has absolutely no value. Trust me.

I read this many years ago. What I remember most is that Jesus returns and is put in an insane asylum.