Shards of Space

The collection includes the following stories (magazines in which the stories originally appeared given in parentheses):

• "[https://archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1959-12/Galaxy_1959_12#page/n7/mode/2up Prospector's Special]" (Galaxy, December 1959)
• "The Girls and Nugent Miller" (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1960)
• "Meeting of the Minds" (Galaxy, February 1960)
• "Potential" (Astounding SF, November 1953)
• "Fool's Mate" (Astounding SF, March 1953)
• "[https://archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1954-08/Galaxy_1954_08#page/n31/mode/2up Subsistence Level]" (Galaxy, August 1954, under the pseudonym Finn O'Donnevan)
• "The Slow Season" (F&SF, October 1954)
• "Alone at Last" (Infinity Science Fiction, February 1957)
• "[https://archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1959-02/Galaxy_1959_02#page/n141/mode/2up Forever]" (Galaxy, February 1959, under the pseudonym Ned Lang)
• "[https://archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1959-04/Galaxy_1959_04#page/n127/mode/2up The Sweeper of Loray]" (Galaxy, April 1959)
• "The Special Exhibit" (Esquire, October 1953)

The Hartford Courant reviewed the collection favorably, describing Sheckley as "one of the best in the science-fantasy field."Irving Kravsow, "Pick of the Pockets", Hartford Courant, July 15, 1962, p.14F

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Category:1962 short story collections

Category:Short story collections by Robert Sheckley

Category:American short story collections

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