The Journey of Joenes

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Publication Year:
2014

ISBN-13: 9781480496750

<DIV><I>The Journey of Joenes</I>, also published as <I>Journey Beyond Tomorrow</I>, tells the tale of a picaresque journey through an imagined future taken by a naive and innocent man unprepared for the wonders and oddities he encounters. Sheckley examines the present through the distorting lens of a future wonderfully skewed from, and yet darkly, hilariously similar to, our own world.<BR /><BR /> 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 <I>New York Times</I>, was &ldquo;a precursor to Douglas Adams.&rdquo;<BR /><BR /> &ldquo;I have always loved Robert Sheckley.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. I don&rsquo;t know of anyone else in SF who has written quite so many classic stories .&#160;.&#160;. wittier than Pohl .&#160;.&#160;. blacker than Lenny Bruce, subtler and more bent that the Firesigns and Monty Python put together .&#160;.&#160;. The key words with Sheckley are clever, deadly cool and crazy as a bedbug.&rdquo; &mdash;Spider Robinson&#160;</DIV>