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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1928
- Died
- 2005
- Works
- 268
Top works
- Histoires de Robots
- The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1957; Featuring *Visit to a Small Planet*
- Last Plea, The, & The Status Civilization
- The End of the World -- stories of the apocalypse
- The People Trap
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Film & TV
New York, New York, U.S
Known for
- Prisoners of Gravity — Self1989
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1928-07-16 ) July 16, 1928, Brooklyn , New York City, U.S.
- Died
- December 9, 2005 (2005-12-09) (aged 77), Poughkeepsie, New York , U.S.
- Occupation
- Writer, Humorist
- Nationality
- American
- Period
- 1952–2005
- Genre
- Science fiction, fantasy, mystery
- Notable works
- Immortality, Inc. , Seventh Victim
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
The Robert Sheckley official homepage
sheckley.com →Link to the official site · 2,150 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Maplewood
- Place of death
- Poughkeepsie
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- science fiction literature
- Genre
- mystery fiction
- Official website
- sheckley.com
- Image
- Robert Sheckley in the mid-1990s.jpeg
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- Commons category
- Robert Sheckley
- date of birth
- 1928-07-17
- date of death
- 2005-12-09
- topic's main category
- Category:Robert Sheckley
- name in native language
- Robert Sheckley
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1952-00-00
Sources (10)
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Article · Nederlands
Robert Sheckley (New York, 16 juli 1928 - Poughkeepsie, 9 december 2005) was een Amerikaans schrijver van sciencefictionromans en -verhalen. Zijn verhalen en romans kenmerken zich door de zwarte humor en absurde situaties. Een van zijn kortverhalen, "The Seventh Victim", werd verfilmd als met Ursula Andress en Marcello Mastroianni in de hoofdrol, terwijl de roman Immortality, Inc. de inspiratie vormde voor de film met Mick Jagger.
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