Robert Sheckley
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| - | '''''Looking Awry: An Introduction to Jacques Lacan through Popular Culture''''' ([[October Books]]) is a [[1991]] book by [[Slavoj Žižek]]. | + | '''Robert Sheckley''' ([[July 16]], [[1928]] – [[December 9]], [[2005]]) was an [[United States|American]] author. First published in the [[science fiction]] magazines of the [[1950s]], his numerous quick-witted stories and novels were famously unpredictable, [[absurdism|absurdist]] and broadly comical. |
| - | A reading of the psychoanalytic theory of [[Jacques Lacan]] through the works of contemporary [[popular culture]], from [[horror fiction]] (Stephen King's novel "[[Pet Sematary]]"; [[Robert Sheckley]]'s short story "[[The Store of the Worlds]]") and [[detective thriller]]s to popular [[romance novel|romance]]s and [[Hitchcock]] films. | + | Sheckley was given the [[Author Emeritus]] honor by the [[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]] in 2001. There are those who were shocked he was not given the [[Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award|Grand Master Award]] instead. Commented one scholar, "[[Kingsley Amis]]'s critical overview of Science Fiction named Sheckley as our field's brightest light. But Sheckley was a humorist, and nowadays this is how our Mark Twains are treated. |
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Robert Sheckley (July 16, 1928 – December 9, 2005) was an 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.
Sheckley was given the Author Emeritus honor by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2001. There are those who were shocked he was not given the Grand Master Award instead. Commented one scholar, "Kingsley Amis's critical overview of Science Fiction named Sheckley as our field's brightest light. But Sheckley was a humorist, and nowadays this is how our Mark Twains are treated.
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