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galacticjourneyReaders of my column know of my affection for Bob Sheckley's work. A fellow lanzmann, he has turned out a regular stream of excellent short stories over the past decade. He's already published four collections, and they are all worth getting.
But though Sheckley gets an A for his shorter works, his novel-writing talents earn him, at best, a B-. He's written two thus far, both of them novelizations of serials. One was the tepid adventure, Timekiller. The other, The Status Civilization, was serialized in Amazing earlier this year. It just came out in book form; I'll let my readers tell me if it's been substantially changed.
(see the rest at Galactic Journey!)
But though Sheckley gets an A for his shorter works, his novel-writing talents earn him, at best, a B-. He's written two thus far, both of them novelizations of serials. One was the tepid adventure, Timekiller. The other, The Status Civilization, was serialized in Amazing earlier this year. It just came out in book form; I'll let my readers tell me if it's been substantially changed.
(see the rest at Galactic Journey!)
