"The Minimum Man"
| Title | "The Minimum Man" |
| Year for Search | 1958 |
| Authors | Sheckley, Robert(1928-2005) |
| Secondary Title | Galaxy Science Fiction |
| Volume / Edition | 16.2 |
| Pagination | 112-43 |
| Date Published | June 1958 |
| ISSN Number | 0016-4003 |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | The background of the story is an overpopulation dystopia desperate for suitable planets to colonize. The story is about a program to test planets by sending incompetent, accident prone explorers to test them; if they survive, anyone can. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley. Book Four (Eugene, OR: Pulphouse Publishing, 1991), 71-101; and in his The Masque of Mañana. Ed. Sharon L. Sbarsky (Framingham, MA: The NESFA Press, 2005), 463-88. |
| Author Note | (1928-2005) |
| Full Text | 1958 Sheckley, Robert (1928-2005). “The Minimum Man.” Galaxy Science Fiction 16.2 (June 1958): 112-43. Rpt. in The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley. Book Four (Eugene, OR: Pulphouse Publishing, 1991), 71-101; and in his The Masque of Mañana. Ed. Sharon L. Sbarsky (Framingham, MA: The NESFA Press, 2005), 463-88. The background of the story is an overpopulation dystopia desperate for suitable planets to colonize. The story is about a program to test planets by sending incompetent, accident prone explorers to test them; if they survive, anyone can. |
