In "e;Gray Flannel Armor,"e; a man named Hanley finds perfection in a rigidly regular structure of social interaction-including for romance-and devises a system that the whole of humanity adopts. The eleven other stories in this collection are "e;Gray Flannel Armor,"e; "e;The Leech,"e; "e;Watchbird,"e; "e;A Wind Is Rising,"e; "e;Morning After,"e; "e;The Native Problem,"e; "e;Feeding Time,"e; "e;Paradise II,"e; "e;Double Indemnity,"e; "e;Holdout,"e; "e;Dawn Invader,"e; and "e;The Language of Love."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;