Store of Infinity: Stories
<DIV>In “The Prize of Peril,†everyone lives on . . . because when someone is about to die, the emergency squad is always there to bring that person back—whether he or she wants it or not.<BR /><BR />The seven other stories in this collection are “The Humours,†“Triplication,†“The Minimum Man,†“If the Red Slayer,†“The Store of the Worlds,†“The Gun Without a Bang,†and “The Deaths of Ben Baxter.â€<BR /><BR />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 <I>New York Times</I>, was “a precursor to Douglas Adams.â€</DIV>