In “Gray Flannel Armor, ” a man named Hanley finds perfection in a rigidly regular structure of social interaction—including for romance—and devises a system that the whole of humanity adopts. The eleven other stories in this collection are “Gray Flannel Armor, ” “The Leech, ” “Watchbird, ” “A Wind Is Rising, ” “Morning After, ” “The Native Problem, ” “Feeding Time, ” “Paradise II, ” “Double Indemnity, ” “Holdout, ” “Dawn Invader, ” and “The Language of Love.” From the very beginning of his career, Robert Sheckley was recognized by fans, reviewers, and fellow authors as a master storyteller and the wittiest satirist working in the science fiction field. Open Road is proud to republish his acclaimed body of work, with nearly thirty volumes of full-length fiction and short story collections. Rediscover, or discover for the first time, a master of science fiction who, according to the New York Times, was “a precursor to Douglas Adams.”
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