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Robert Sheckley

1963152 pagesabout 2–3 hours
1963
first published
  • 1963Gollancz · 152 pages · ENG
  • 1978Penguin · ENG
  • 1978Penguin · 183 pages · ENGISBN 9780140471380
  • 1992Legend · 262 pages · ENGISBN 9780099157410
  • 1993Lightyear Pr · ENGISBN 9780899683638
  • 1978Ace Books · ENGISBN 9780441368808
  • 1991Tor Books · ENGISBN 9780812519310

A man wakes up after a fatal car accident—in someone else’s body—in this ahead-of-its-time Hugo Award–nominated classic. Thomas Blaine remembered the car accident that killed him—and then he woke up in the hospital. A nurse told him where he was. “You’d call it being in the future.” A future where bodies are sold to the highest bidder as new homes for the minds of the rich, who are greedy for more life when their own bodies wear out or are damaged. Suddenly, keeping body and soul together has taken on a new, and very sinister, meaning. 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 “a precursor to Douglas Adams.”

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