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Robert Sheckley

Robert Sheckley was an American novelist, screenwriter and writer (1928–2005). He was born at Maplewood and died at Poughkeepsie.

Overview

Born at Maplewood in 1928, died at Poughkeepsie in 2005.

Catalogued works

60 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library. Their recorded dates run from 1958 to 1968. The first 12 are listed here.

The Day the Aliens Came. The Man in the Water. The Game of X. Dimension of Miracles Revisited. The Alternative Detective. Draconian New York. Soma Blues. The Scheherezade Machine. Godshome. The Grand Guignol of the Surrealists. What Is Life? Is That What People Do?

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Fantastic theology of Robert Sheckley: A pseudo-secular world, VESTNIK ARHEOLOGII, ANTROPOLOGII I ETNOGRAFII, 2020. Review: <i>The Tenth Victim</i>, by Robert Sheckley, Science Fiction Studies, 1979. Existential Pilgrims and Comic Catastrophe in the Fiction of Robert Sheckley, Extrapolation, 1985. A ciência e as fronteiras móveis do imaginário: fábulas contemporâneas de Robert Sheckley, Arquivo Maaravi: Revista Digital de Estudos Judaicos da UFMG, 2010. Review: <i>Comic Inferno: The Satirical World of Robert Sheckley</i>, by Gregory Stephenson, Science Fiction Studies, 1997.

In detail

Robert Sheckley studied at New York University and Columbia High School. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is science fiction, fantasy literature and detective literature. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are science fiction and mystery fiction.

Works named in the authority record are Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming.

Distinctions recorded are Author Emeritus and prix Cyrano.

Chronology

  1. 1928Robert Sheckley born at Maplewood.
  2. 2005Robert Sheckley died at Poughkeepsie.

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Robert Sheckley”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q333246: Robert Sheckley

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