'The greatest entertainer ever produced by science fiction' J. G. Ballard These surreal
elegantly witty tales from one of the most esteemed writers of science fiction encompass
indignant aliens stranded space explorers shapeshifters a company that manufactures designer
planets and a deadly hunting game in far-future New York. 'Robert Sheckley is one of the great
funny writers' Douglas Adams 'A writer not quite like any other whose forte is his own brand of
strange and wonderful humour' The New York Times 'Genuinely funny SF' Neil Gaiman
