Robot Who Looked Like Me

"e;If the Marx Brothers had been literary fantasists, they would have been Robert Sheckley."e; -Harlan Ellison In "e;The Robot Who Looked Like Me,"e; a busy man and a busy woman find a way to carve out time to romance each other by having look-alike robots made to do the job who then run away together. The twelve other stories in this collection are "e;Slaves of Time,"e; "e;Voices,"e; "e;A Supplicant in Space,"e; "e;Sneak Previews,"e; "e;Zirn Left Unguarded, the Jenghik Palace in Flames, John Westerly Dead,"e; "e;Welcome to the Standard Nightmare,"e; "e;The Never-Ending Western Movie,"e; "e;What Is Life?"e;, "e;I See a Man Sitting on a Chair, and the Chair Is Biting His Leg,"e; "e;Is That What People Do?"e;, "e;Silversmith Wishes,"e; and "e;End City."e;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 "e;a precursor to Douglas Adams."e;