Name: Shards of Space

Author: Robert Sheckley
Year: 1962
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In '€œFool'€™s Mate,'€ it takes a crazy man and a set of fake orders to break a deadly battle stalemate in deep space. The ten other stories in this collection are '€œProspector'€™s Special,'€ '€œThe Girls and Nugent Miller,'€ '€œMeeting of the Minds,'€ '€œPotential,'€ '€œSubsistence Level,'€ '€œThe Slow Season,'€ '€œAlone at Last,'€ '€œForever,'€ '€œThe Sweeper of Loray,'€ and '€œThe Special Exhibit.'€ From the very beginning of his career, Robert Sheckley was recognized by fans, reviewers, and fellow authors as a master storyteller and the wittiest satirist working in the science fiction field. Open Road is proud to republish his acclaimed body of work, with nearly thirty volumes of full-length fiction and short story collections. Rediscover, or discover for the first time, a master of science fiction who, according to the New York Times, was '€œa precursor to Douglas Adams.'€
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