Shards of Space

Shards of Space is a collection of science fiction short stories by Robert Sheckley. It was first published in 1962 by Bantam Books. It includes the following stories (magazines in which the stories originally appeared given in parentheses):

1. "Prospector's Special" (Galaxy Dec 1959)
2. "The Girls and Nugent Miller" (F&SF Mar 1960)
3. "Meeting of the Minds" (Galaxy Feb 1960)
4. "Potential" (Astounding Nov 1953)
5. "Fool's Mate" (Astounding Mar 1953)
6. "Subsistence Level" (Galaxy Aug 1954)
7. "The Slow Season" (F&SF Oct 1954)
8. "Alone at Last" (Infinity Science Fiction Feb 1957)
9. "Forever" (Galaxy Feb 1959, under the pseudonym Ned Lang)
10. "The Sweeper of Loray" (Galaxy Apr 1959)
11. "The Special Exhibit" (Esquire Oct 1953)

Reception

The Hartford Courant reviewed the collection favorably, describing Sheckley as "one of the best in the science-fantasy field."^[1]

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