Robert Sheckley
Books and Stories

Robert Sheckley (b. 1928 - d. 2005) was an American writer, born and educated in New York, where he set some of his fiction, publishing his first story, "Final Examination", for Imagination in May 1952.Select a novel or story title to see the inventions from that work:

A Ticket to Tranai, Galaxy, 1955

Bad Medicine, Galaxy, 1956

Cost of Living, Galaxy, 1952

Hands Off, Galaxy, 1954

The Cruel Equations, Playboy, 1969

The Day the Aliens Came, New Legends, 1995

The Lifeboat Mutiny, Galaxy Science Fiction, 1955

Watchbird, Galaxy, 1953

 

 

 

 

 

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