CITIZEN IN SPACE

Marvin Goodman thinks he has discovered an unknown paradise and buys ?A Ticket to Tranai.? What starts as Utopia ends up becoming a death trap. The eleven other stories included in this collection are ?The Mountain Without a Name,? ?The Accountant,? ?Hunting Problem,? ?A Thief in Time,? ?The Luckiest Man in the World,? ?Hands Off,? ?Something for Nothing,? ?The Battle,? ?Skulking Permit,? ?Citizen in Space,? and ?Ask a Foolish Question.? 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.?