The People Trap

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Cover of the first edition.

The People Trap (full title The People Trap and other Pitfalls, Snares, Devices and Delusions, as Well as Two Sniggles and a Contrivance) is a collection of science fiction short stories by American writer Robert Sheckley. It was first published in 1968 by Dell.

Stories

It includes the following stories (magazines in which the stories originally appeared given in parentheses):

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