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Robert Sheckley
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1928
- Died
- 2005
- Works
- 268
Top works
- Histoires de Robots
- The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1957; Featuring *Visit to a Small Planet*
- Last Plea, The, & The Status Civilization
- The End of the World -- stories of the apocalypse
- The People Trap
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Film & TV
New York, New York, U.S
Known for
- Prisoners of Gravity — Self1989
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1928-07-16 ) July 16, 1928, Brooklyn , New York City, U.S.
- Died
- December 9, 2005 (2005-12-09) (aged 77), Poughkeepsie, New York , U.S.
- Occupation
- Writer, Humorist
- Nationality
- American
- Period
- 1952–2005
- Genre
- Science fiction, fantasy, mystery
- Notable works
- Immortality, Inc. , Seventh Victim
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
The Robert Sheckley official homepage
sheckley.com →Link to the official site · 2,150 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Maplewood
- Place of death
- Poughkeepsie
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- science fiction literature
- Genre
- mystery fiction
- Official website
- sheckley.com
- Image
- Robert Sheckley in the mid-1990s.jpeg
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- Commons category
- Robert Sheckley
- date of birth
- 1928-07-17
- date of death
- 2005-12-09
- topic's main category
- Category:Robert Sheckley
- name in native language
- Robert Sheckley
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1952-00-00
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Sheckley's first story, "Final Examination", was published in the May 1952 issue of Imagination
Robert Sheckley (July 16, 1928 – December 9, 2005) was an American writer. First published in the science-fiction magazines of the 1950s, his many quick-witted stories and novels were famously unpredictable, absurdist, and broadly comical.
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