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The Laertian GambleWhen a mysterious alien woman from the planet Laertes convinces Dr. Bashir to gamble for her at Quark's gaming tables, things seem innocent enough....Read More
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Salon, December 1, 2011
...a once-notorious censorship suit for writing an “offensive, lewd, lascivious and indecent book”) and “Dimension of Miracles” by Robert Sheckley, a work Gaiman likens to “A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” and which will be narrated by...
TMC Net, October 26, 2011
...in which they were published, including New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Carroll's The Land of Laughs; Robert Sheckley's influential Dimension of Miracles, narrated by John Hodgman; Keith Roberts' landmark work of alternate history, Pavane;...
4 Traders, October 26, 2011
...in which they were published, including New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Carroll's The Land of Laughs; Robert Sheckley's influential Dimension of Miracles, narrated by John Hodgman; Keith Roberts' landmark work of alternate history, Pavane;...
Sys-Con Media, October 26, 2011
...in which they were published, including New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Carroll’s The Land of Laughs; Robert Sheckley’s influential Dimension of Miracles, narrated by John Hodgman; Keith Roberts’ landmark work of alternate history,...
Pop Matters, October 14, 2011
...had come startlingly true, we had amused ourselves to death… so why read it?” On the other hand, Robert Sheckley’s short story “The Prize of Peril”, written in 1958, suggests that, in the future, the only way we will be amused is if someone’s...
Io9, May 19, 2011
...Blish, Jack Vance and Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Milt Lesser, Walter M. Miller Jr., Robert Sheckley, J. T. McIntosh and Dr. Robert S. Richardson. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1950) Tom Corbett, Space Cadet was based on the Robert A....
Examiner.com, February 19, 2011
...times. Not my favorite but definitely worth a watch. Watchbird – Based on the short story by Robert Sheckley, starring Sean Astin and James Cromwell. This one was by far my least favorite out of the six, which pains me to say as I am a fan of...
A Kindle World blog, September 30, 2011
...Sept. 30: Afternoon - 60 newly-free Kindle books Today's Kindle Daily DealThat link will bring up a new book each night at midnight.Today's is Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions, 284 customer reviews, 4.3 starsThursday's price: $3.99Friday's...
A Kindle World blog, September 30, 2011
...Today's Kindle Daily DealThat link will bring up a new book each night at midnight. Today's is Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions, 284 customer reviews, 4.3 starsThursday's price: $3.99Friday's discount: $3.00Kindle Daily Deal Price: $0.99Forum...
The Written World, September 11, 2011
...It's fitting that he dedicates this collection to three short story icons -- Bradbury, Harlan Ellison, and Robert Sheckley. Paul Goat AllenStories Read This Week:Introduction'A Study in Emerald''The Fairy Reel''Octpber in the Chair'Thoughts:Neil Gaiman...
The World SF Blog, August 8, 2011
...I find tiresome (and often sexist). I found this true as well of Harlan Ellison’s “Mom”; however, Robert Sheckley’s “Street of Dreams, Feet of Clay” is more imaginative.Some of the stories show the possibilities of Jewish life in...
openDemocracy, August 2, 2011
...he is with certain writers of speculative fiction short stories in English, for example Avram Davidson, Harlan Ellison, Robert Sheckley, Roger Zelazny, Neil Gaiman, or Kelly Link.Fantastic literature helps to negotiate the gulf between our subjective...
SF Signal, July 19, 2011
...association of humor, surrealism and rigorous SF of the Russian writers (their stories sometimes slightly reminded me of Robert Sheckley), the original ideas of Japanese or Portuguese or South American writers. I am really sorry I cannot read more of...
Books on The Knob, July 14, 2011
...apocalyptic volume are those early doomsday writers and their contemporaries, including Neil Gaiman, Orson Scott Card, Lucius Shepard, Robert Sheckley, Norman Spinrad, Arthur C. Clarke, William F. Nolan, Poul Anderson, Fredric Brown, Lester del Rey, and...
