Robert Sheckley was one of the funniest writers in the history of science fiction. Starting in the early 1950s, he was an amazingly prolific short story writer, with a lot of his stories appearing in Galaxy Magazine. He continued to produce novels and short stories in abundance until his death in 2005.
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Sex Surrogates were developed for human colonies where it was so tough to survive that only men were sent there for months and even years. The foothold on these planets was tenuous and death was an everyday distinct possibility. So no women were sent ther... SEE MORE