Author · 1928–2005
Robert Sheckley
Robert Sheckley was an American writer (1928–2005). Born in Maplewood.
Our catalogue lists 23 books by Robert Sheckley, mostly Victorian science fiction, classic fantasy and angel fiction. The most-read is The Status Civilization. 22 titles are free to read on Project Gutenberg, and 2 have free LibriVox audiobooks.
Books by Robert Sheckley
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The Status Civilization
Robert Sheckley
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Ask a Foolish Question
Robert Sheckley
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Watchbird
Robert Sheckley
A Farce to be Reckoned With
Roger Zelazny, Robert Sheckley
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Accept no substitutes
Robert Sheckley
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Proof of the Pudding
Robert Sheckley
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Keep Your Shape
Robert Sheckley
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Bad Medicine
Robert Sheckley
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The Sweeper of Loray
Robert Sheckley
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Cost of Living
Robert Sheckley
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Meeting of the Minds
Robert Sheckley
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Prospector's Special
Robert Sheckley
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One Man's Poison
Robert Sheckley
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Final Examination
Robert Sheckley
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Writing Class
Robert Sheckley
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Warm
Robert Sheckley
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Death Wish
Robert Sheckley
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Beside Still Waters
Robert Sheckley
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Diplomatic Immunity
Robert Sheckley
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Warrior Race
Robert Sheckley
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The Leech
Robert Sheckley
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Forever
Robert Sheckley
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The Hour of Battle
Robert Sheckley
Awards
- ✦Hugo Awards 1959 — Best Novel, Immortality, Inc. (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1956 — Best Short Story, Citizen in Space (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1966 — Best Novelette, Shall we Have a Little Talk? (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 1977 — Best Short Fiction, What Is Life? (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2013 — Best Collection, Store of the Worlds: The Stories of Robert Sheckley (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2006 — Best Collection, The Masque of Mañana (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2002 — Best Novelette, The Quijote Robot (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1999 — Best Anthology, The Playboy Book of Science Fiction (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1996 — Best Short Story, The Day the Aliens Came (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1992 — Best Collection, The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1986 — Best Anthology, Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 14 (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1985 — Best Collection, Is That What People Do? (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1983 — Best Collection, The Robot Who Looked Like Me (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1982 — Best Anthology, After the Fall (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1977 — Best Short Story, The Never-Ending Western Movie (nominee)
Biography
Robert Sheckley (July 16, 1928 – December 9, 2005) was an American writer. First published in the science-fiction magazines of the 1950s, his many quick-witted stories and novels were famously unpredictable, absurdist, and broadly comical. Nominated for Hugo and Nebula Awards, Sheckley was named Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2001.