Beside Still Waters, Robert Sheckley
Beside Still Waters, Robert Sheckley
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Beside Still Waters

Author: Robert Sheckley

Narrator: Scott Miller

Unabridged: 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Scott Miller

Published: 03/10/2023

Synopsis

Beside Still Waters by Robert Sheckley - When people talk about getting away from it all, they are usually thinking about our great open spaces out west. But to science fiction writers, that would be practically in the heart of Times Square. When a man of the future wants solitude he picks a slab of rock floating in space four light years west of Andromeda. Here is a gentle little story about a man who sought the solitude of such a location. And who did he take along for company? None other than Charles the robot.

About Robert Sheckley

Robert Sheckley was one of the funniest writers in the history of science fiction. He did screwball comedy, broad satire, and farce. He could also be deadly serious, but he was always entertaining and always had something pointed to say about our world using the skewed versions of reality he created in his fiction. Starting in the early 1950s, he was an amazingly prolific short story writer, with a lot of his stories appearing in Galaxy Magazine. He launched his novel-writing career with Immortality, Inc., which he followed up with a sequence of excellent books: The Status Civilization, Journey Beyond Tomorrow, and Mindswap. He continued to produce novels and short stories in abundance until his death in 2005.

Reviews

Goodreads review by F. William

Mark decides that he wants to "get away from it all" so ships himself out to an isolated asteroid in the belt with only his robot, Charles, for companionship. Over time he programs enough responsive material into Charles that he considers the robot a true friend. I liked the concept very much but I t......more

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