Notions: Unlimited
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Notions: Unlimited is a collection of science fiction
short stories
by Robert Sheckley
. It was first published in 1960 by Bantam Books
. It includes the following stories (magazines in which the stories originally appeared given in parentheses):
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
short stories
Short story
A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...
by Robert Sheckley
Robert Sheckley
Robert Sheckley was a Hugo- and Nebula-nominated American author. First published in the science fiction magazines of the 1950s, his numerous quick-witted stories and novels were famously unpredictable, absurdist and broadly comical.Sheckley was named Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and...
. It was first published in 1960 by Bantam Books
Bantam Books
Bantam Books is an American publishing house owned entirely by Random House, the German media corporation subsidiary of Bertelsmann; it is an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group. It was formed in 1945 by Walter B. Pitkin, Jr., Sidney B. Kramer, and Ian and Betty Ballantine...
. It includes the following stories (magazines in which the stories originally appeared given in parentheses):
- "Gray Flannel Armor" (GalaxyGalaxy Science FictionGalaxy Science Fiction was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by an Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break in to the American market. World Editions hired as editor H. L...
1957/11) - "The Leech" (Galaxy 1952/12)
- "Watchbird" (Galaxy 1953/2)
- "A Wind Is Rising" (Galaxy 1957/7)
- "Morning After" (Galaxy 1957/11)
- "The Native Problem" (Galaxy 1956/12)
- "Feeding Time" (Fantasy Fiction 1953/2)
- "Paradise II" (Time to Come, collection edited by August DerlethAugust DerlethAugust William Derleth was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first publisher of the writings of H. P...
, 1954) - "Double Indemnity" (Galaxy 1957/10)
- "Holdout" (F&SFThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science FictionThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction is a digest-size American fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House and then by Fantasy House. Both were subsidiaries of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Publications, which took over as publisher in 1958. Spilogale, Inc...
1957/12) - "Dawn Invader" (F&SF 1957/3)
- "The Language of Love" (Galaxy 1957/5)