People hunt and kill one another as public entertainment and to win prizes in “Seventh Victim, ” the short version of Sheckley’s novel The 10th Victim, which was made into a movie.The twelve other stories in this collection are “The Monsters, ” “Cost of Living, ” “The Altar, ” “Shape, ” “The Impacted Man, ” “Untouched by Human Hands, ” “The King’s Wishes, ” “Warm, ” “The Demons, ” “Specialist, ” “Ritual, ” and “Beside Still Waters.”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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