This collection focuses on Sheckley's horror stories. The sixteen stories included are?A Trick Worth Two of That,??The Mind-Slaves of Manitori,??Pandora's Box--Open with Care,??The Dream of Misunderstanding,??Magic, Maples, and Maryanne,??The New Horla,??The City of the Dead,??The Quijote Robot,??Em
Uncanny Tales
โ Scribed by Robert Sheckley
- Publisher
- Open Road Integrated Media
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 138 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Epub v5
This collection focuses on Sheckleyโs horror stories. The sixteen stories included are โA Trick Worth Two of That,โ โThe Mind-Slaves of Manitori,โ โPandoraโs BoxโOpen with Care,โ โThe Dream of Misunderstanding,โ โMagic, Maples, and Maryanne,โ โThe New Horla,โ โThe City of the Dead,โ โThe Quijote Robot,โ โEmissary from a Green and Yellow World,โ โThe Universal Karmic Clearing House,โ โDeep Blue Sleep,โ โThe Day the Aliens Came,โ โDukakis and the Aliens,โ โMirror Games,โ โSightseeing, 2179,โ and โAgamemnonโs Run.โ
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 โa precursor to Douglas Adams.โ
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