A Collection of Robert Sheckley Science Fiction, Robert Sheckley

A floppy book with a collection of 14 short stories which Sheckley wrote in the 1950s, with humour, sci-fi, and the complexity of immortal prisoners attempting a very slow prison escape. His voice reminded me very much of a precursor to Douglas Adams, or Pratchett, and is worth a read.

My takeaway from completing this; his unique voice and core ideas enveloped within each short story gave a little jolt of fun/happiness on completion, even through the future here is Grimdark. Stories of parents selling children into debt slavery to get the next mod con etc aren't going to be Unicorn Chasers for anyone, but each slice took apart some flow in new technology or processes and drove a bus through it. I'd hope that I'd have the capability to see the humour in the futures he laid bare here.