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Store of the Worlds
Robert Sheckley
其他書名
The Stories of Robert Sheckley
出版
New York Review of Books
, 2012-05-01
主題
Fiction / Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies
Fiction / Science Fiction / Hard Science Fiction
Fiction / Literary
ISBN
1590175085
9781590175088
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=68pXBC6eixoC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
An NYRB Classics Original
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 and more prophetic. This retrospective selection, chosen by Jonathan Lethem and Alex Abramovich, brings together the best of Sheckley’s deadpan farces, proving once again that he belongs beside such mordant critics of contemporary mores as Bruce Jay Friedman, Terry Southern, and Thomas Pynchon.