Citizen in Space

Citizen in Space Synopsis

Marvin Goodman thinks he has discovered an unknown paradise and buys ';A Ticket to Tranai.' What starts as Utopia ends up becoming a death trap. The eleven other stories included in this collection are ';The Mountain Without a Name,' ';The Accountant,' ';Hunting Problem,' ';A Thief in Time,' ';The Luckiest Man in the World,' ';Hands Off,' ';Something for Nothing,' ';The Battle,' ';Skulking Permit,' ';Citizen in Space,' and ';Ask a Foolish Question.' 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 ';a precursor to Douglas Adams.'