Dimensions of Sheckley: The Selected Novels of Robert Sheckley

. Nesfa Press, $40.28 (538pp) ISBN 978-1-886778-29-0

Dimensions of Sheckley: The Selected Novels of Robert Sheckley, edited by Sharon L. Sbarsky, gathers five of the author's novels published over three decades in a tome certain to please devotees and whet the appetites of newcomers to his distinctive and endlessly inventive brand of sci-fi-cum-satire. Brains get swapped, spots in heaven must be purchased, cities can think and a ""squat, ambulatory shrub"" infects passersby with paralyzing metaphysical doubt in Sheckley's tales, all of which boast solid plots and knife-sharp humor. Introduction by Mike Resnick.

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