His career has spanned more than 40 years, and run the gamut from mind-bending science fiction to celebrated fantastic parody, and everything in between. Seventeen stories covering Sheckley's output from his beginnings to his most recent work forms this brand-new collection. Uncanny Tales is the best short work from a speculative fiction master, with stories that explore every aspect of our universe.

Contents:

Introduction

A Trick Worth Two of That (2001)

The Mind-Slaves of Manitori (1989)

Pandora’s Box—Open with Care (2000)

The Dream of Misunderstanding (2002)

Magic, Maples, and Maryanne (2000)

The New Horla (2000)

The City of the Dead (1994)

The Quijote Robot (2001)

Emissary from a Green and Yellow World (1998)

The Universal Karmic Clearing House (1986)

Deep Blue Sleep (1999)

The Day the Aliens Came (1995)

Dukakis and the Aliens (1992)

Mirror Games (2001)

Sightseeing, 2179 (2002)

Agamemnon’s Run (2002)