Robert Sheckley died on this day 17 years ago. He was a brilliant, witty writer, one of the finest short story writers of Science Fiction, an inspiration to Douglas Adams. His grave is near me and I clean the weeds off when I pass.
Robert Sheckley (1928-2005) – Find a Grave...

writer of science fiction,mystery and espionage, short stories, and fiction, tinsmith, copper smith, sheet metal worker, Army veteran in the Panama Canal Department He was first published in the science fiction magazines of the 1950s,Sheckley was nominated for Hugo- and Nebula awards and was named Author Emeritus by...