{"title":"Books by Robert Sheckley","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780241472491","title":"Dimension of Miracles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Hilarious SF satire. Douglas Adams said it was the only thing like \u003ci\u003eThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy\u003c\/i\u003e, although written ten years earlier. It's wonderful' Neil Gaiman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis madcap cosmic farce relates the adventures of the hapless human Carmody, as he attempts to make his way home to Earth after winning the grand prize in the Intergalactic Sweepstake, encountering parallel worlds, incompetent bureaucrats and talking dinosaurs on the way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The greatest entertainer ever produced by science fiction ... a feast of wit and intelligence' J. G. 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Today, as the new worlds, alternate universes, and synthetic pleasures Sheckley foretold become our reality, his vision begins to look less absurdist and more prophetic. This retrospective selection, chosen by Jonathan Lethem and Alex Abramovich, brings together the best of Sheckley’s deadpan farces, proving once again that he belongs beside such mordant critics of contemporary mores as Bruce Jay Friedman, Terry Southern, and Thomas Pynchon.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56305203708277,"sku":"9781590174944","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781590174944_c91bc0a1-67c9-46c7-a091-20d704b09968.jpg?v=1786023056"},{"product_id":"9780241473023","title":"Untouched By Human Hands","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The greatest entertainer ever produced by science fiction' J. G. 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