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.
american-author anywhere crazy help short since stories
There's no sense going crazy over this stuff. Short stories help me with that, since you can do a story in anywhere from one day to a week.
police trouble truism
It is a truism throughout the civilized galaxy that when you go to the police, your troubles really begin.
viewpoints originality concepts
Originality is a concept possible only to a limited viewpoint.
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.
hard-work writing self
I'm not too fond of the hard work and the constant battle with self-doubt that goes on when I write, but I figure that's part of the territory.
blessing world curse
I would like to do a novel where some curse turns that into how the world really is - a blessing or a curse, I don't know which.
stuff
The absurdist stuff wasn't terribly popular at the time I was doing it.
important british audience
The British audience was very important to me. I have always looked away from American to non-American audiences and so this was important.
philosophy ethical interest
Ethical and questions of philosophy interest me a great deal.
regret experts action
Action isn’t my forte. I’m an expert on contemplation and mild regret.
hero writing able
I was never able to write seriously about heroes because I was very aware that I was not one and that in my background there was not this heroic thing.