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A Sheckley Trilogy
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The 10th Victim
- Victim, Book 1
- By: Robert Sheckley
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4 out of 5 stars 13
It's the 21st Century and the ugliness of war no longer exists, except on a very personal level. Nowadays, people like Marcello Polletti, seller of Roman sunsets, and Caroline Meredith, lithe, beautiful, blonde, and backed by corporate sponsors and the Roy Bell Dancers, hunt, chase, and kill each other for sport and for the entertainment of the masses - until something oddly like personal human feelings pops up to confuse the players and up the stakes...as each of them seeks to kill their 10th victim and rise in the ranks of the hunters.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sheckley At His Best!
- By Niels J. Rasmussen on 10-11-14
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Mindswap
- By: Robert Sheckley
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Story4 out of 5 stars 60
Interstellar travel to alien worlds is too expensive for Marvin, a college student in need of a good vacation. And so he signs up for what he can afford: a mind swap, in which his consciousness is swapped into the body of an alien life-form. Unfortunately, Marvin finds himself in the body of an interstellar criminal—a body that he has to vacate, fast.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Story With a REALLY Weird Ending
- By Niels J. Rasmussen on 06-21-14
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Immortality, Inc.
- By: Robert Sheckley
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 174
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 165
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Story4 out of 5 stars 165
Want to be immortal? You can be in AD 2110. Just go to the Hereafter Insurance Corporation and hook yourself up to the Machine. There’s nothing to fear. That is, if it happens to be working right, and if nobody slips another mind into your body when you’re not looking, and if you’re not on a poltergeist hatelist.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sheckley Is The Best There Is
- By Niels J. Rasmussen on 05-14-14
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Untouched by Human Hands
- By: Robert Sheckley
- Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir - director, Harlan Ellison, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27
Untouched by Human Hands consists of 13 stories of beings who dwell on the strange borders of reality. Some of these stories tell of people you know or of events that might happen - but haven't yet. Some will take you to the furthermost reaches of the sky and to planets whose names are unknown this side of Arcturus. And some - perhaps the richest and most memorable of these stories - open into the interior of strange minds to reveal the reflection of ourselves.
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5 out of 5 stars
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- By Niels J. Rasmussen on 03-11-15
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Reset
- By: Brian Andrews
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,893
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,721
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,718
Deep in the Afghan mountains, Sergeant Michael Pitcher discovers an object with powers that defy explanation. After interacting with it, he suffers a traumatic seizure and is flown home for evaluation. Cleared by the doctors, Michael goes home to his relieved wife, Josie. But he’s a changed man. The once-loving husband is now coldly withdrawn. When a team of scientists connected to Sergeant Pitcher vanishes without a trace, CIA agent Dean Ninemeyer comes to him for insight - only to find that the recovering soldier has also disappeared.
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5 out of 5 stars
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You'll never see it coming
- By Angela M Bacon on 05-02-18
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Dimension of Miracles
- By: Robert Sheckley
- Narrated by: John Hodgman
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,355
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,255
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,256
Dimension of Miracles is a satirical science fiction novel first published by Dell in 1968. It's about Tom Carmody, a New Yorker who, thanks to a computer error, wins the main prize in the Intergalactic Sweepstakes. Tom claims his prize before the error is discovered and is allowed to keep it. However, since Tom is a human from Earth without galactic status and no space traveling experience, he has no homing instinct that can guide him back to Earth once his odyssey begins - and the galactic lottery organizers cannot transport him home.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Easily The Best Title I've Encountered on Audible
- By Niels J. Rasmussen on 07-02-13
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The 10th Victim
- Victim, Book 1
- By: Robert Sheckley
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 14
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 14
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 13
It's the 21st Century and the ugliness of war no longer exists, except on a very personal level. Nowadays, people like Marcello Polletti, seller of Roman sunsets, and Caroline Meredith, lithe, beautiful, blonde, and backed by corporate sponsors and the Roy Bell Dancers, hunt, chase, and kill each other for sport and for the entertainment of the masses - until something oddly like personal human feelings pops up to confuse the players and up the stakes...as each of them seeks to kill their 10th victim and rise in the ranks of the hunters.
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5 out of 5 stars
-
Sheckley At His Best!
- By Niels J. Rasmussen on 10-11-14
-
Mindswap
- By: Robert Sheckley
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 76
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 59
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 60
Interstellar travel to alien worlds is too expensive for Marvin, a college student in need of a good vacation. And so he signs up for what he can afford: a mind swap, in which his consciousness is swapped into the body of an alien life-form. Unfortunately, Marvin finds himself in the body of an interstellar criminal—a body that he has to vacate, fast.
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4 out of 5 stars
-
Great Story With a REALLY Weird Ending
- By Niels J. Rasmussen on 06-21-14
-
Immortality, Inc.
- By: Robert Sheckley
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 174
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 165
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 165
Want to be immortal? You can be in AD 2110. Just go to the Hereafter Insurance Corporation and hook yourself up to the Machine. There’s nothing to fear. That is, if it happens to be working right, and if nobody slips another mind into your body when you’re not looking, and if you’re not on a poltergeist hatelist.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Sheckley Is The Best There Is
- By Niels J. Rasmussen on 05-14-14
-
Untouched by Human Hands
- By: Robert Sheckley
- Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir - director, Harlan Ellison, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 28
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27
Untouched by Human Hands consists of 13 stories of beings who dwell on the strange borders of reality. Some of these stories tell of people you know or of events that might happen - but haven't yet. Some will take you to the furthermost reaches of the sky and to planets whose names are unknown this side of Arcturus. And some - perhaps the richest and most memorable of these stories - open into the interior of strange minds to reveal the reflection of ourselves.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Some Of Sheckley's Best Short Stories...
- By Niels J. Rasmussen on 03-11-15
-
Reset
- By: Brian Andrews
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,893
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,721
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 2,718
Deep in the Afghan mountains, Sergeant Michael Pitcher discovers an object with powers that defy explanation. After interacting with it, he suffers a traumatic seizure and is flown home for evaluation. Cleared by the doctors, Michael goes home to his relieved wife, Josie. But he’s a changed man. The once-loving husband is now coldly withdrawn. When a team of scientists connected to Sergeant Pitcher vanishes without a trace, CIA agent Dean Ninemeyer comes to him for insight - only to find that the recovering soldier has also disappeared.
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5 out of 5 stars
-
You'll never see it coming
- By Angela M Bacon on 05-02-18
-
Dimension of Miracles
- By: Robert Sheckley
- Narrated by: John Hodgman
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,355
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,255
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 1,256
Dimension of Miracles is a satirical science fiction novel first published by Dell in 1968. It's about Tom Carmody, a New Yorker who, thanks to a computer error, wins the main prize in the Intergalactic Sweepstakes. Tom claims his prize before the error is discovered and is allowed to keep it. However, since Tom is a human from Earth without galactic status and no space traveling experience, he has no homing instinct that can guide him back to Earth once his odyssey begins - and the galactic lottery organizers cannot transport him home.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Easily The Best Title I've Encountered on Audible
- By Niels J. Rasmussen on 07-02-13
Publisher's Summary
"Keep Your Shape" is from the perspective of an alien race with the unseemly ability to change shape. In "The Seventh Victim", murder is legal and sanctioned by society, and the gunman's victim is a beautiful woman. And when a spaceship filled with diverse alien life forms is stranded without a star drive, they only have one chance of getting home again. That chance is with a "Specialist" from Earth.
These three works were originally published in Galaxy and The Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy in 1953.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Joel D Offenberg
- 01-29-11
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There doesn't seem to be enough of Robert Sheckley's sci-fi out there, but it's always good-to-great when I stumble across it. This is a pretty good rendering of 3 of his stories. I particularly liked "The Seventh Victim," but all three are enjoyable.
Mark Douglas Nelson's narration is pretty good, but not great. The pacing is a little slow but otherwise good.
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