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Carregando... Notions: Unlimited (1960)de Robert Sheckley
   Nenhum(a) Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro.   ) DinadansFriend | Feb 4, 2019 |  Gray Flannel Armor – Tired of organized dating sites – why not try something retro? – 2.5 stars The Leech – How do you deal with and dispose of something that will consume anything? – 5 stars Watchbird – If you build a machine to stop murder and that machine has circuits that allow it to learn then there is a risk that the machine just might learn enough to redefine things…like the definition of the word “murder”. - 4 stars A Wind is Rising – Preliminary investigations of almost anything new are, of necessity, short term. Because they are short term there is a risk such investigations will miss significant long term trends of major importance. - 5 stars Morning After – Shanghaiing individuals is one of the oldest and surest ways to get volunteers for unpopular projects. – 5 stars The Native Problem – The first to occupy a location/place can be viewed as a native – particularly when they are “discovered” by a second group of recent arrivals. – 4 stars Feeding Time - If you are going to play around with dangerous thoughts/animals be sure you know their dietary requirements. – 5 stars Paradise II – Mechanized food processing can have its drawbacks – 3 stars Double Indemnity – The issues surrounding life insurance policy fraud for a time traveler. - 2.5 stars Holdout - A bigoted purist… or a purist with respect to bigotry. - 3 stars Dawn Invader – If you are an invader and you invade something – what makes you think you are the first to do this? - 2.5 stars The Language of Love – No matter how you phrase it – it is still lacking in precision. - 2 stars I think most of the stories have aged well. I have read this short story collection several times and, for me, the 4/5 star stories have always made the re-read worthwhile. (  ) alco261 | Dec 25, 2017 | sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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In "Gray Flannel Armor," a man named Hanley finds perfection in a rigidly regular structure of social interaction--including for romance--and devises a system that the whole of humanity adopts. The eleven other stories in this collection are "Gray Flannel Armor," "The Leech," "Watchbird," "A Wind Is Rising," "Morning After," "The Native Problem," "Feeding Time," "Paradise II," "Double Indemnity," "Holdout," "Dawn Invader," and "The Language of Love." 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 New York Times, was "a precursor to Douglas Adams." Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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