Neil GaimanRobert 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.
quatrezoneilllesI don't read much science fiction anymore, but that story of a man who goes to buy an IBM psychotherapy machine and is mistakenly given the model designed for Martians will be with me forever.