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| Author | Robert Sheckley |
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| Publisher | Bantam Books |
Publication date | 1962 |
Shards of Space is a collection of science fiction short stories by American writer Robert Sheckley. It was first published in 1962 by Bantam Books.
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| Author | Robert Sheckley |
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| Publisher | Bantam Books |
Publication date | 1962 |
Shards of Space is a collection of science fiction short stories by American writer Robert Sheckley. It was first published in 1962 by Bantam Books.
The collection includes the following stories (magazines in which the stories originally appeared given in parentheses):
The Hartford Courant reviewed the collection favorably, describing Sheckley as "one of the best in the science-fantasy field." [1]
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