Dimension of Miracles

Robert Sheckley

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English

Penguin US
20 October 2020

Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Science fiction; Classic science fiction; Humorous Sci-Fi; Aliens; Space Opera; Space Exploration

Series: Penguin Science Fiction

An outrageous adventure across the stars from the master of witty science fiction.

Announced in a thunderclap out of another day's tedium, hapless New Yorker Tom Carmody learns that he is the winner of the Intergalactic Sweepstake. Accepting with a shrug, he is whipped across the universe to collect his prize. The catch? There's no way home. Enlisting the help of galactic bureaucrats, planetary engineers and a couple of gods, Carmody embarks on a desperate search for Earth, all the while being pursued by a perplexing predatory creature . . .

Often cited as an influence on Douglas Adams, Dimension of Miracles is a masterwork of electric humour that offers an oblique examination of human nature amid the vastness of the cosmos.

By: Robert Sheckley
Imprint: Penguin US
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 181mm, Width: 111mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 125g
ISBN: 9780241472491
ISBN 10: 0241472490
Series: Penguin Science Fiction
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 20 October 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert Sheckley (1928 - 2005) was an American science-fiction writer whose utterly original work is noted for its merging of quick wit, philosophical musing and dark satire. His novel, Dimension of Miracles (1968), is often cited as an influence on Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In 2001, he was made Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

Reviews for Dimension of Miracles

A sort of intergalactic Alice in Wonderland . . . quite remarkably funny * Daily Telegraph * Robert Sheckley is the greatest entertainer ever produced by modern science fiction . . . what a feast of wit and intelligence he lays out -- J.G Ballard Robert Sheckley is one of the great funny writers -- Douglas Adams Robert Sheckley's hilarious SF satire. Douglas Adams said it was the only thing like Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, written ten years earlier. It's a wonderful thing -- Neil Gaiman