Can You Feel Anything When I Do This?

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Summary: It changed my life
Review: A fine collection of short stories from Sheckley. My personal favorites are the title piece (a musing on sentience), the amazing "Pas de Trois of the Waiter, the Chef, and the Customer" - a little story told in Rashomon-like fashion, where three characters experience the same events radically differently - and "Cordle to Onion to Carrot", which persuaded me that people can truly reinvent themselves. Although I'm a longtime fan of Sheckley, I believe that nonfans and even non-science fiction fans would love this one.

Rating:
Summary: It changed my life
Review: A fine collection of short stories from Sheckley. My personal favorites are the title piece (a musing on sentience), the amazing "Pas de Trois of the Waiter, the Chef, and the Customer" - a little story told in Rashomon-like fashion, where three characters experience the same events radically differently - and "Cordle to Onion to Carrot", which persuaded me that people can truly reinvent themselves. Although I'm a longtime fan of Sheckley, I believe that nonfans and even non-science fiction fans would love this one.

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Summary: A good read for anybody
Review: I thought this book was completely entertaining. I was amazed at the way that Sheckley was able to give my mind a good working over with mere words. Truly he is the master at science fiction. I am a huge fan of any work that he has done.

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Summary: The title story is great.
Review: It's been a while since I read this, so I'm not sure which stories are in this one, but the story "Can You Feel Anything When I Do This?" is amazing. On the face, it's absurd, but when the robot said, "How can anything feel and anything not feel?" it got to me. Yes, I'm insane, but I think perhaps the trees have their lusts and the streets have their passions....

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Summary: The title story is great.
Review: It's been a while since I read this, so I'm not sure which stories are in this one, but the story "Can You Feel Anything When I Do This?" is amazing. On the face, it's absurd, but when the robot said, "How can anything feel and anything not feel?" it got to me. Yes, I'm insane, but I think perhaps the trees have their lusts and the streets have their passions....

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Summary: The Wacky Screwball World of Robert Sheckley
Review: Sheckley is one of the top humorists in science fiction, and has
been since he started writing in the 1950s. He's not only funny, he's also a little bit of screwball, at least in his writings. Reality is never as it seems to be in a Sheckley story. He looks at things just a little bit off-kilter. This particular collection of his stories is a perfect example of what I mean. Look at the title story, which is about--sort of--an affair between a woman and a machine. Yet, Scheckley is able to make you laugh, right up until the end. If you're a fan of Sheckley's, this is one of his collections you should pick up.

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Summary: Amazingly thought provoking
Review: This collection of Robert Sheckley's short stories is for a lack of a better word, great. All the stories make you think about how you view the world. Plus, you get a moral out of most of them as well! A little parable for the SF adult! Once again the master of satire has made my day; maybe he can make yours! This book is out of print, but you can find it used online easily, and it is well worth it.

Over and out, TJ