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Robert Sheckley was an eccentric master of the American short story, and his tales, whether set in dystopic cityscapes, ultramodern advertising agencies, or aboard spaceships lighting out for hostile planets, are among the most startlingly original of the twentieth century. Today, as the new worlds, alternate universes, and synthetic pleasures Sheckley foretold become our reality, his vision begins to look less absurdist...
The backward planet of Loray is being studied by a famous anthropologist to complete his major opus. But much to his surprise these primitive people are found to have a universal panacea that heals all wounds and diseases. First shock, then disbelief and finally greed for this wonderful berry juice cause problems for the natives and his safe return.
Seventh Victim by Robert Sheckley - The most dangerous game, said one writer, is Man. But there is another still more deadly!
Stanton Frelaine sat at his desk, trying to look as busy as an executive should at nine-thirty in the morning. It was impossible. He couldn't concentrate on the advertisement he had written the previous night, couldn't think about business. All he could do was wait until the mail came.
He had
...Sex Surrogates were developed for human colonies where it was so tough to survive that only men were sent there for months and even years. The foothold on these planets was tenuous and death was an everyday distinct possibility. So no women were sent there yet. But these brave men wanted women and to provide a very temporary and stopgap solution, Sex Robots or Sex surrogates were developed and shipped out to them. Crude at first, these were slowly
...If you saw the stars in the sky vanishing by the millions, and knew you had but five days to prepare for your judgment—what would you do? Robert Sheckley's off beat imagination takes us to, well, the Final Judgment. Or at least the 5 days before it, when every person in it, is told personally that the ""Judgment of the inhabitants of the planet Earth will be held in five days. Please prepare yourselves for final examination and
...11) The Leech: A visitor should be fed, but this one could eat you out of house and home ... literally!
A tiny spore that looked like nothing more than a speck of rock dust drifted through space for untold thousands of millennia and by chance passed close enough to earth to be caught in it's gravitation field and gently pulled down to land somewhere in New York State, USA. When discovered, people called it the Leech because it fed on radiation, soil, rocks, and anything that came into contact with it's grey surface. It fed and it grew. And grew.
...Lost Sci-Fi Books 141 thru 150 - Ten Lost Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60s
Welcome to Black Cat Weekly. We can't believe it's been 100 issues! Time flies when you're having fun. To celebrate, we are offering this issue at a special price.
To help make this issue special, we asked Acquiring Editors Barb Goffman and Michael Bracken to contribute some special stories of their own. We think you'll agree, they are among the highlights of this issue. On the mystery side , we also have stories by Nancy Pickard, Bradley
...Some of the earliest science fiction stories featuring robots from some of the best sci-fi authors of the 1950s and 60s.
Thirteen science fiction short stories from some of the best sci-fi authors of the 1940s, 50s and 60s.
Lost Sci-Fi Books 121 thru 140 - Twenty Lost Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60s
1950s Science Fiction 6 - 28 Science Fiction Short Stories From the 1950s
Vintage Sci-Fi 11 - 26 Science Fiction Classics from Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Voltaire, Philip K. Dick and more
Vintage Sci-Fi 8 - 29 Science Fiction Classics from Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Jack Williamson and more