The Journey Of Joenes

Author : Robert Sheckley
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781480496750

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The Journey of Joenes by Robert Sheckley Pdf

The Journey of Joenes, also published as Journey Beyond Tomorrow, tells the tale of a picaresque journey through an imagined future taken by a naive and innocent man unprepared for the wonders and oddities he encounters. Sheckley examines the present through the distorting lens of a future wonderfully skewed from, and yet darkly, hilariously similar to, our own world. 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.” “I have always loved Robert Sheckley. . . . I don’t know of anyone else in SF who has written quite so many classic stories . . . wittier than Pohl . . . blacker than Lenny Bruce, subtler and more bent that the Firesigns and Monty Python put together . . . The key words with Sheckley are clever, deadly cool and crazy as a bedbug.” —Spider Robinson

Author : Robert Sheckley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Science fiction
ISBN : 0441408508

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The Journey of Joenes by Robert Sheckley Pdf

Author : Robert Sheckley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : English fiction
ISBN : 0722177607

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Journey of Joenes by Robert Sheckley Pdf

Author : Robert Sheckley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Science fiction
ISBN : 0575003510

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Journey Beyond Tomorrow by Robert Sheckley Pdf

Author : David Pringle
Publisher : Gateway
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473208070

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Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle Pdf

From one of the best-known editors in modern science fiction, this lively and authoritative guide will appeal to both newcomers and connoisseurs of the genre alike. Informative and readable, David Pringle's choices focus on landmark works by the likes of Ray Bradbury, Alfred Bester and J.G. Ballard, unearth less prominent talents such as Ian Watson, Octavia Butler and Joanna Russ, and highlight breakthrough novels by William Gibson and Philip K. Dick. An essential guide to science fiction literature.

Author : Terry A. Murray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015048550688

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Science Fiction Magazine Story Index, 1926-1995 by Terry A. Murray Pdf

Since the appearance of the first science fiction magazine in 1926, thousands of short stories have been published in periodicals devoted to the genre. These stories cover a wide range of subjects, from spacecraft to the human condition, and feature little-known authors as well as masters like Ellison and Asimov. In the past, finding which issue of what magazine ran a certain story was nearly impossible. This much-needed reference tool provides valuable assistance in the daunting task of locating short stories published in science fiction magazines, providing exhaustive indexes to magazines, authors, and titles, allowing a variety of options for research on 34,000 stories appearing in nearly 5,000 issues of 133 genre magazines. Stories from all major American publications, as well as from several minor periodicals, are indexed. Also included is an appendix of the best known and most prolific contributors, giving the titles of all their stories in this work (necessary because the huge author index does not show titles). A guide to how to use this book clarifies its features for the researcher.

Author : Don D'Ammassa
Publisher : Infobase Learning
Page : 2098 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-22
Category : Science fiction, American
ISBN : 9781438140629

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Encyclopedia of Science Fiction by Don D'Ammassa Pdf

Presents articles on the science fiction genre of literature, including authors, themes, significant works, and awards.

Author : M. Keith Booker
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780810878846

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Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature by M. Keith Booker Pdf

The Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature is a useful reference to the broad and burgeoning field of science fiction literature. Science fiction literature has gained immensely in critical respect and attention, while maintaining a broad readership. However, despite the fact that it is a rapidly changing field, contemporary science fiction literature also maintains a strong sense of its connections to science fiction of the past, which makes a historical reference of this sort particularly valuable as a tool for understanding science fiction literature as it now exists and as it has evolved over the years. The Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature covers the history of science fiction in literature through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries including significant people; themes; critical issues; and the most significant genres that have formed science fiction literature. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about this subject.

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Page : 1222 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006357599

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Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Includes Part 1, Number 1: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals (January - June)

Author : Robert Sheckley
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781497650725

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Pilgrimage to Earth by Robert Sheckley Pdf

Science fiction tales from “one of the genre's leading humorists” (The New York Times Book Review). In “Pilgrimage to Earth,” on a long-desired trip to the home planet, a young man finds a perfectly developed society and, finally, deep, true love—which, sadly, only lasts for a very limited time before the reset button removes all trace of it. The fourteen other stories in this collection are “All the Things You Are,” “Trap,” “The Body,” “Early Model,” “Disposal Service,” “Human Man’s Burden,” “Fear in the Night,” “Bad Medicine,” “Protection,” “Earth, Air, Fire, and Water,” “Deadhead,” “The Academy,” “Milk Run,” and “The Lifeboat Mutiny.” 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.”

Author : Robert Sheckley
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781497624948

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Draconian New York by Robert Sheckley Pdf

The acclaimed author of The Alternative Detective returns with another twisting tale that “combines ironic wit with suspense to remarkable effect” (John le Carré). Though he was born in America, Hob Draconian feels much more at home on the sunny sands of Ibiza. But the easygoing life of this twenty-first century hippie is turned upside down when he learns that rented island refuge is about to be sold for redevelopment. In need of some quick cash to save his home, Hob returns to the Alternative Detective Agency—and boy do they have a job for him. Escorting an aspiring model from New York to Paris sounds like a delightfully easy way to make ten grand. If only he thought to ask why the gig pays so well. In short order, Hob finds himself embroiled in a criminal plot full of double crosses, 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.”

Author : Robert Sheckley
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781480496934

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Dramocles by Robert Sheckley Pdf

An ordinary king finds himself on an extraordinary quest in this intergalactic soap opera by the acclaimed sci-fi author and “precursor to Douglas Adams” (The New York Times). Dramocles, an ordinary king on an ordinary planet, finds himself thrust into an adventure that combines soap opera, Greek tragedy, and Shakespearean drama as he unwillingly—and disastrously—seeks to fulfill his destiny. Unfortunately, that destiny is only revealed to him piece by piece. In the meantime, Dramocles manages to foment an interplanetary war, precipitate the disintegration of his family, lose all his friends, and uncover betrayal among his closest advisers as barbarian invaders besiege his realm.

Author : Robert Sheckley
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781480496842

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The 10th Victim by Robert Sheckley Pdf

It’s the twenty-first century and the ugliness of war no longer exists, except on a very personal level. Nowadays, people like Marcello Polletti, seller of Roman sunsets, and Caroline Meredith, lithe, beautiful, blond, and backed by corporate sponsors and the Roy Bell Dancers, hunt, chase, and kill one another for sport and for the entertainment of the masses—until something oddly like personal human feelings pops up to confuse the players and up the stakes as each of them seeks to kill a tenth victim and rise in the ranks of the hunters. 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.”

Author : Robert Sheckley
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781497634800

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Soma Blues by Robert Sheckley Pdf

Hob Draconian, American born but a two-decade resident of Ibiza and a tie-dyed-in-the-wool hippie philosopher, divides his time between Paris and Ibiza—and when Soma, a new drug, turns up in Paris in the hands of a murdered Ibizan drug dealer, it’s time for the Alternative Detective Agency to spring into action and defeat the crime syndicate that has infiltrated his beloved expatriate community. 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.”

Author : Robert Sheckley
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781497623460

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The Robot Who Looked Like Me by Robert Sheckley Pdf

“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 other—by having look-alike robots made to do the job—who 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 the New York Times, was “a precursor to Douglas Adams.”