Untouched by Human Hands, Robert Sheckley
Untouched by Human Hands, Robert Sheckley
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Untouched by Human Hands

Author: Robert Sheckley

Narrator: Gabrielle de Cuir, Harlan Ellison, Stefan Rudnicki

Unabridged: 5 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Skyboat Media

Published: 03/17/2015

Synopsis

Untouched by Human Hands consists of thirteen stories of beings who dwell on the strange borders of reality. Some of these stories tell of people you know or of events that might happen—but haven’t yet. Some will take you to the furthermost reaches of the sky and to planets whose names are unknown this side of Arcturus. And some—perhaps the richest and most memorable of these stories—open into the interior of strange minds to reveal the reflection of ourselves.This classic collection consists of the following short stories:“The Monsters”“Cost of Living”“The Altar”“Shape”“The Impacted Man”“Untouched by Human Hands”“The King’s Wishes”“Warm”“The Demons”“Specialist”“Seventh Victim”“Ritual”“Beside Still Waters”

About Robert Sheckley

Robert Sheckley (1928–2005) was a Hugo- and Nebula-nominated American author. First published in the science fiction magazines of the 1950s, his numerous, quick-witted stories and novels were famously unpredictable, absurdist, and broadly comical. In 2001 he was named an Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

About Gabrielle de Cuir

Gabrielle de Cuir, an Audie and Earphones Award–winning narrator, has narrated over three hundred titles and specializes in fantasy, humor, and titles requiring extensive foreign language and accent skills.

About Susan Hanfield

Susan Hanfield was a 2017 Audie Award finalist in the Young Adult category for The Game of Love and Death by Martha Brockenbrough. Her work has also been recognized with a Voice Arts Awards nomination in 2016 and as an Audie Award finalist in 2015 and 2014. She has recorded approximately seventy titles thus far, and comes from a strong classical theater background, bringing deep characterizations to all of her work. Her audiobook titles span many genres, including young adult, historical fiction, faith-based inspirational, fantasy, paranormal romance, science fiction, classics, and nonfiction. In addition to recording audiobooks, she can be seen in film, on stage, and in commercials.

About Harlan Ellison

Harlan Ellison (1934-2018) wrote or edited 75 books and more than 1700 stories, essays, articles, and newspaper columns as well as two dozen teleplays and a dozen motion pictures. He won the Hugo award nine times, the Nebula award four times, the Bram Stoker award six times (including The Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996), the Edgar Allan Poe Award of the Mystery Writers of America twice, the Georges Méliès fantasy film award twice, and was awarded the Silver Pen for Journalism by PEN, the international writer’s union.

About Stefan Rudnicki

Stefan Rudnicki is an avid audiobook narrator, receiving numerous Earphones Awards from AudioFile magazine. He is also a Grammy-winning audiobook producer.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Vit

Robert Sheckley, as a raconteur of weird fantastic tales, remains unsurpassed… At least I’ve never read science fiction quirkier… The Monsters is about impossibility to comprehend the alien mores… A spaceship lands on the planet inhabited by some snakelike creatures… And the monsters are earthlings… C......more

Goodreads review by Gary

First book I have ever read by Robert Sheckley. 13 short stories, most of which appeared in Galaxy magazine in 1952 and 1953. The collection was originally published in 1954. I enjoyed all but one of the stories. Most of the stories are humorous sf. Thankfully Open Road Media has republished most of......more

Goodreads review by Charlie

Really fun and imaginative stories each exploring a different aspect of human nature. And a little bonus- blatantly where King got his idea for The Running Man from.......more

Goodreads review by Ele

Outrageously original, wickedly funny sci-fi. I was lamenting the quality of recent sci-fi reads to a librarian (Jim, from the Fiction Department of LAPL Central) and he handed me this book. The copy I read was lushly vintage, with spotted pages and an anonymous rebound cover. The real wow is the fa......more

Quotes

“Mr. Sheckley—as might be expected of a writer who can wring praise from as diverse a group of peers as Kingsley Amis, Harlan Ellison, John le Carré, and J. G. Ballard—has an engagingly madcap manner all his own.”

Wall Street Journal, praise for the author

“Sheckley has long been considered one of the genre’s leading humorists.”

New York Times, praise for the author

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