Store of the Worlds: The Stories of Robert Sheckley

基本信息

Paperback: 416 pages

Publisher: NYRB Classics; Main edition (30 July 2012)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1590174941

ISBN-13: 978-1590174944

Product Dimensions: 129 x 204 x 23mm | 415g

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

【罗伯特•谢克里】

影响大师的科幻大师！

每一篇小说都会让你怀疑人生。

26张通往奇异想象世界的单程车票……

当电子警察鸟失去控制；

当杀人游戏可以合法进行；

当社畜不甘心社会的毒打；

当刚需为了房子参加一场大逃杀；

当话痨置身一群语言不通的外星人当中；

当宅男拥有一支可以偷窥他人生活的望远镜；

当你在一颗小行星上独自老去，与机器人相依为命；

且看谢克里借奇想之力带你体验琳琅满目的世界杂货店。

Robert Sheckley was an eccentric master of the American short story, and his tales, whether set in dystopic city­scapes, ultramodern advertising agencies, or aboard spaceships lighting out for hostile planets, are among the most startlingly original of the twentieth century. Today, as the new worlds, alternate universes, and synthetic pleasures Sheckley foretold become our reality, his vision begins to look less absurdist and more prophetic. This retrospective selection, chosen by Jonathan Lethem and Alex Abramovich, brings together the best of Sheckley’s deadpan farces, proving once again that he belongs beside such mordant critics of contemporary mores as Bruce Jay Friedman, Terry Southern, and Thomas Pynchon. 

编辑推荐

《世界杂货店》是2009年由纽约书评“经典回顾”系列推出的短篇选集。纽约书评的“经典回顾”系列图书，除主流文学，每年会选择一到两部经典科幻出版，《世界杂货店》是该系列在2009年推出的选集，并于2012年再版，共收录了谢克里的26部短篇，篇篇经典。

作者简介

罗伯特·谢克里(Robert Sheckley，1928年-2005年12月9日)，当代科幻小说大师，

1928年，罗伯特·谢克里出生于纽约布鲁克林，高中毕业后加入美国陆军于朝鲜服役，回国后就读于纽约大学。谢克里大学毕业后即开始科幻小说创作，与大多数伟大的作家一样，初闯文坛的谢克里过着穷困潦倒的日子。幸运的是，他那些以轻松奇巧取胜的科幻故事很快就受到读者欢迎，甚至出现在《绅士》、《花花公子》这样的刊物上。1954年，谢克里出版了第一本短篇科幻小说集《人手难及》(Un-touchedByHumanHands)，不到30岁就成为全世界瞩目的科幻作家，与弗雷德里克·布朗以及雷·布雷德伯里并列成为当代最有影响力的科幻作家。

ROBERT SHECKLEY (1928–2005) was born in New York City and joined the army shortly after high school, serving in Korea from 1946 to 1948. In the 1950s and ’60s his stories appeared regularly in science-fiction magazines, especially Galaxy, as well as in Playboy and Esquire.

JONATHAN LETHEM is the author of eight novels, including Girl in Landscape and Chronic City, and five collections of stories and essays, including The Ecstasy of Influence (2011). He has previously written the introductions for the NYRB Classics editions of A Meaningful Life by L.J. Davis and On the Yard by Malcolm Braly. He teaches at Pomona College and lives in Los Angeles and Maine.

ALEX ABRAMOVICH has been an editor of Feed, Flavorpill, and Very Short List and a writer for The New York Times, The London Review of Books, and other publications. He lives in Oakland, California, and Astoria, Queens.