Wit, amazing plot twists, mind games, and always unpredictable endings are integral to Robert Sheckley’s stories—the master of the golden age of SF. Few are capable of thinking so captivatingly and yet seriously about themes such as the consequences of colonization, technologies, and a nuclear catastrophe.
You’ll also find new adventures of the unfortunate entrepreneurs, Gregor and Arnold, and a Nebula Prize nominee—linguistic satire “Shall we talk it over a bit?”