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
american-author field
I was forever reading outside of the field as well as in it.
american-author cyber deal gibson great punk somehow speaks william work
There is a great deal of cyberpunk that I admire, especially the work of William Gibson which I think is excellent. Somehow he speaks from his own heart and cyber punk is what comes out.
police trouble truism
It is a truism throughout the civilized galaxy that when you go to the police, your troubles really begin.
writing thinking luck
I do think that short story writing is often a matter of luck.
writing three stories
I don't finish every story, but I probably write and send out three out of five of them.
able complicated walks
Once you find you can't walk as far and as fast as you were able, life becomes more complicated.
american-author
I don't much like to look back with the idea that I was doing it wrong then or I'm doing it wrong now.
american-author interfere knew selling
I knew I was doing something right because it was selling so I didn't want to interfere with it.