Robert Sheckley
Robert Sheckley
Robert Sheckley was an American writer. First published in the science fiction magazines of the 1950s, his numerous quick-witted stories and novels were famously unpredictable, absurdist, and broadly comical...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth16 July 1928
CountryUnited States of America
writing three stories
I don't finish every story, but I probably write and send out three out of five of them.
thinking views giving
I like to think that I have no single view nor any single situation that I think things arrive from. I try to give examples of what I think are interesting questions for me.
heart ideas people
As far as the mechanics go, working with other people on received ideas was for me a very interesting technical problem. I can't say that any of my collaborations engaged my heart, but they engaged the craftsman in me.
police trouble truism
It is a truism throughout the civilized galaxy that when you go to the police, your troubles really begin.
godly names function
Why in God's name should a God be praised if he is only performing his Godly function?
years two russia
I sell well now in Russia. I remember one signing in Russia some years ago where the bookstore had two strongmen to hold the crowds back.
unhappy world want
A lot of us don't want to be quite that serious about world problems. Our life is there to enjoy, not to be an eternal dissident, eternally unhappy with how things are and with the state of mankind.