Robert Sheckley

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...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.It’s well established now that the way you put a question often determines not only the answer you’ll get, but the type of answer possible. So ... a mechanical answerer, geared to produce the ultimate...

Far from Earth, prospector Mark Rogers has made a home on a lonely slab of rock in the asteroid belt. He calls it Martha. There isn’t much there—a shack, a patch of soil, an air pump, a few water tanks, and Charles, an ordinary working robot that Mark...

Beyond the Stars 5 continues the adventure with thirteen unforgettable science fiction classics from some of the greatest writers ever to imagine humanity’s future among the stars. Filled with daring exploration, unforgettable encounters, and...

A routine freight run turns into an unbearable waiting game when a single mechanical failure sends a spaceship drifting out of the Solar System with no way back. The ship still hums, the lights still glow, and nothing appears to be moving—but the men...

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,...

Charles Dennison has spent years in quiet research, following a clue that leads him to the greatest breakthrough in human history: a functioning immortality serum. But when he heads for Washington to patent his discovery, he finds himself hunted...

The Grom desperately need a new world, and Pid the Pilot believes he’s ready to succeed where twenty other expeditions have vanished. His mission is simple—reach Earth’s atomic energy source and activate a Displacer, opening the doorway for a Grom...

Lost Sci-Fi Books 141–150Ten Lost Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60sStep into the Golden Age of Science Fiction with ten unforgettable tales from some of the greatest writers ever to imagine the future. From distant planets and...

Five unforgettable journeys from the Golden Age of science fiction arrive together in one electrifying collection.Inside this volume you’ll meet brilliant minds who dare to reshape life itself, travelers who confront the cold reality of deep space,...

Interstellar travel to alien worlds is too expensive for Marvin, a college student in need of a good vacation. And so he signs up for what he can afford: a mind swap, in which his consciousness is swapped into the body of an alien life-form....

Potential by Robert Sheckley - He was one man, horribly confused, escaping from a destroyed planet, carrying some sort of message which he couldn't recall. But he had tremendous potential for achievement!Robert Sheckley (1928–2005) was a prolific...

After a global war leaves Earth scorched and silent, one man returns from hiding on the far side of the Moon—only to find himself the planet’s final survivor. Wandering through ruins drenched in radiation and ash, he discovers a strange new ability:...

Robert Sheckley Short Stories15 Sharp, Surprising Tales from One of Science Fiction’s Greatest SatiristsRobert Sheckley never wrote ordinary science fiction. His stories begin with familiar ideas—a robot, an alien world, a futuristic society, an...

Destroying the spirit of the enemy is the goal of war and the aliens had the best way! Every member of their strange society, all 100,000,000 of them were willing to die to prevent the humans from profaning their sacred temple. Did I say willing to...

In Watchbird, the question "can machines solve human problems?" is answered with a resounding YES! But there may be a few unforeseen glitches. Just a few. Is it possible that a cure may bring more problems than the disease? Hmmmmmm. This is a story...

Beside Still Waters is a gentle story that shows us a man who really wants to get away from it all ... sitting on a rock in the asteroid belt with only a robot for a friend. No girls allowed! A poignant and unsettling story to say the least.When...

In a future where murder is not only legal but encouraged as emotional therapy, Stanton Frelaine eagerly awaits the name of his seventh Victim. Confident in his years of experience and eager to edge closer to the elite Tens Club, he heads to New...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Buckle up for a rollercoaster ride through the mind-bending world of Robert Sheckley. In this collection, you'll encounter malfunctioning robots with existential crises, cynical aliens with used car...

A young boy’s summer afternoon takes an unexpected turn in The Deep Hole to China by Robert Sheckley, a playful yet thought-provoking tale about imagination, determination, and the thin line between childhood fantasy and the impossible becoming oddly...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.As one of the Guardian ships protecting Earth, the crew had a problem to solve. Just how do you protect a race from an enemy who can take over a man’s mind without seeming effort or warning? Duration -...

When three fortune-hunters break open an ancient Martian vault, they expect treasure — not devices capable of leveling armies, freezing deserts, or bending reality itself. But their uneasy alliance dissolves fast as greed, paranoia, and raw ambition...

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...

The Monsters by Robert Sheckley is a sharp, provocative tale about the chaos that erupts when two intelligent species meet — and utterly misinterpret each other. On a distant planet, the native inhabitants see themselves as civilized, virtuous, and...