A treasury of fiction from ';one of SF's all-time masters of the humorous or satirical short story' (Booklist). In ';The Cruel Equations,' a planetary explorer finds out how lethal it can be when a robot guard has been designed to do too perfect a job. The fifteen other stories in this collection are ';Can You Feel Anything When I Do This?', ';Cordle to Onion to Carrot,' ';The Petrified World,' ';Game: First Schematic,' ';Doctor Zombie and His Little Furry Friends,' ';The Same to You Doubled,' ';Starting From Scratch,' ';The Mnemone,' ';Tripout,' ';Notes on the Perception of Imaginary Differences,' ';Down the Digestive Tract and Into the Cosmos With Mantra, Tantra, and Specklebang,' ';Pas de Trois of the Chef and the Waiter,' ';Aspects of Langranak,' ';Plague Circuit,' and ';Tailpipe to Disaster.' 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: | 9781497650008 |
| Publication date: | 13th May 2014 |
| Author: | Sheckley, Robert |
| Publisher: | Open Road Media |
| Format: | Ebook |
A treasury of fiction from ';one of SF's all-time masters of the humorous or satirical short story' (Booklist). In ';The Cruel Equations,' a planetary explorer finds out how lethal it can be when a robot guard has been designed to do too perfect a job. The fifteen other stories in this collection are ';Can You Feel Anything When I Do This?', ';Cordle to Onion to Carrot,' ';The Petrified World,' ';Game: First Schematic,' ';Doctor Zombie and His Little Furry Friends,' ';The Same to You Doubled,' ';Starting From Scratch,' ';The Mnemone,' ';Tripout,' ';Notes on the Perception of Imaginary Differences,' ';Down the Digestive Tract and Into the Cosmos With Mantra, Tantra, and Specklebang,' ';Pas de Trois of the Chef and the Waiter,' ';Aspects of Langranak,' ';Plague Circuit,' and ';Tailpipe to Disaster.' 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.'
Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? features in the following genres: Science Fiction
Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? is available in Ebook
Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? was written by Sheckley, Robert and published by Open Road Media
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