The Perfect Woman and Other Stories
Armchair Fiction features the best in classic classic science fiction short story collections. "Masters of Science Fiction, Vol. Three” features the works of Robert Sheckley. He was born in New York in 1931 and passed away in 2005. Most of his life was spent concocting brilliant pieces of imaginative mind fodder. What would the perfect woman look like? He pondered what, if anything, would a man be able to eat on a distant planet? Would the end-all to financial worry and violence bring man the utopia he has always searched for? Unlock the answers to these questions and many more with this unmatched collection of Robert Sheckley stories... just waiting to be devoured.
Contents:
- Seventh Victim
- Diplomatic Immunity
- One Man's Poison (aka Untouched By Human Hands)
- The Perfect Woman
- Cost of Living
- What a Man Believes
- What Goes Up
- Warrior Race
- Writing Class
- Final Examination
- Specialist
- Beside Still Waters
- Restricted Area
- Watchbird
- Keep Your Shape (aka Shape)
- The Hour of Battle
- We Are Alone
Robert Sheckley
Robert Sheckley (1928–2005) was a Hugo and Nebula nominated American author. First published in the science fiction magazines of the 1950s, his numerous quick-witted stories and novels were famously unpredictable, absurdist and comical.
Sheckley was given the Author Emeritus honor by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2001.
Masters of Science Fiction
Masters of Science Fiction consists of four books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
