Store of the Worlds

Jonatham Lethem and Alex Abramovich present over 25 darkly satirical sci-fi short stories by “one of science fiction’s seminal humorists, a precursor to Douglas Adams” ( New York Times ). Robert Sheckley was an eccentric master of the American short story, and his tales—whether set in dystopic city­scapes, ultramodern advertising agencies, or aboard spaceships lighting out for hostile planets—are among the most startlingly original of the 20th century. Today, as the new worlds, alternate univers