One of the few acknowledged humorists in SF, and by far the funniest, Sheckley plays with myths the way Mel Brooks plays with classic movies. -- The New York Times Book Review<br> <br> Science fiction's premier gadfly. --Kingsley Amis <br> Witty and ingenious . . . a draught of pure Voltaire and tonic. -- J. G. Ballard <br> If the Marx Brothers had been literary rather than thespic fantasists, they would have been Robert Sheckley. --Harlan Ellison <br> Always he crackles with ideas. --Kingsley Amis <br> Sheckley is my hero --William Nye <br> One of the few acknowledged humorists in SF, and by far the funniest, Sheckley plays with myths the way Mel Brooks plays with classic movies. -- The New York Times Book Review<br> <br> Sheckley has long been considered one of the genre's leading humorists. -- New York Times Book Review <br> Mr. Sheckley--as might be expected of a writer who can wring praise from as diverse a group of peers as Kingsley Amis, Harlant