';If the Marx Brothers had been literary fantasists, they would have been Robert Sheckley.' Harlan Ellison In ';The Robot Who Looked Like Me,' a busy man and a busy woman find a way to carve out time to romance each otherby having look-alike robots made to do the jobwho then run away together. The twelve other stories in this collection are ';Slaves of Time,' ';Voices,' ';A Supplicant in Space,' ';Sneak Previews,' ';Zirn Left Unguarded, the Jenghik Palace in Flames, John Westerly Dead,' ';Welcome to the Standard Nightmare,' ';The Never-Ending Western Movie,' ';What Is Life?', ';I See a Man Sitting on a Chair, and the Chair Is Biting His Leg,' ';Is That What People Do?', ';Silversmith Wishes,' and ';End City.' 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 theNew York Times, was ';a precursor to Douglas Adams.'
| ISBN: | 9781497623460 |
| Publication date: | 13th May 2014 |
| Author: | Sheckley, Robert |
| Publisher: | Open Road Media |
| Format: | Ebook |
';If the Marx Brothers had been literary fantasists, they would have been Robert Sheckley.' Harlan Ellison In ';The Robot Who Looked Like Me,' a busy man and a busy woman find a way to carve out time to romance each otherby having look-alike robots made to do the jobwho then run away together. The twelve other stories in this collection are ';Slaves of Time,' ';Voices,' ';A Supplicant in Space,' ';Sneak Previews,' ';Zirn Left Unguarded, the Jenghik Palace in Flames, John Westerly Dead,' ';Welcome to the Standard Nightmare,' ';The Never-Ending Western Movie,' ';What Is Life?', ';I See a Man Sitting on a Chair, and the Chair Is Biting His Leg,' ';Is That What People Do?', ';Silversmith Wishes,' and ';End City.' 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 theNew York Times, was ';a precursor to Douglas Adams.'
Robot Who Looked Like Me features in the following genres: Science Fiction
Robot Who Looked Like Me is available in Ebook
Robot Who Looked Like Me was written by Sheckley, Robert and published by Open Road Media
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