'The greatest entertainer ever produced by science fiction' J. G. Ballard

These surreal, elegantly witty tales from one of the most esteemed writers of science fiction encompass indignant aliens, stranded space explorers, shapeshifters, a company that manufactures designer planets and a deadly hunting game in far-future New York.

'Robert Sheckley is one of the great funny writers' Douglas Adams

'A writer not quite like any other whose forte is his own brand of strange and wonderful humour' The New York Times

'Genuinely funny SF' Neil Gaiman