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Robert Sheckley: Beside Still Waters

Robert Sheckley

Beside Still Waters is a gentle story that shows us a man who really wants to get away from it all ... sitting on a rock in the asteroid belt with only a robot for a friend. No girls allowed! A poignant and unsettling story to say the least. When people talk about getting away from it all, they are usually thinking about our great open spaces out west. But to science fiction writers, that would be practically in the heart of Times Square. When a man of the future wants solitude he picks a slab of rock floating in space four light years east of Andromeda. Here is a gentle little story about a man who sought the solitude of such a location. And who did he take along for company? None other than Charles the Robot. Duration - 10m. Author - Robert Sheckley. Narrator - philip chenevert. Published Date - Tuesday, 23 January 2024. Copyright - © 1953 Amazing Stories ©.

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United States

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Beside Still Waters is a gentle story that shows us a man who really wants to get away from it all ... sitting on a rock in the asteroid belt with only a robot for a friend. No girls allowed! A poignant and unsettling story to say the least. When people talk about getting away from it all, they are usually thinking about our great open spaces out west. But to science fiction writers, that would be practically in the heart of Times Square. When a man of the future wants solitude he picks a slab of rock floating in space four light years east of Andromeda. Here is a gentle little story about a man who sought the solitude of such a location. And who did he take along for company? None other than Charles the Robot. Duration - 10m. Author - Robert Sheckley. Narrator - philip chenevert. Published Date - Tuesday, 23 January 2024. Copyright - © 1953 Amazing Stories ©.

Language:

English


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