"Welcome to the Standard Nightmare."
| Title | "Welcome to the Standard Nightmare." |
| Year for Search | 1973 |
| Authors | Sheckley, Robert(1928-2005) |
| Secondary Authors | Harrison, Harry [Max](1925-2012) |
| Secondary Title | Nova |
| Volume / Edition | 3 |
| Pagination | 3-21 |
| Date Published | 1973 |
| Publisher | Walker |
| Place Published | New York |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | The "standard nightmare" is Earth meeting superior aliens, in this case on an alien eutopian planet. The eutopia has all the usual elements of a society in balance and has no government. A man from Earth decides to become the ruler and then decides to invade Earth. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley. Book Five (Eugene, OR: Pulphouse Publishing, 1991), 85-99. U.K. ed. (London: Sphere, 1975), 11-24. |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | (1928-2005) |
| Full Text | 1973 Sheckley, Robert (1928-2005). “Welcome to the Standard Nightmare.” Nova 3. Ed. Harry Harrison (New York: Walker, 1973), 3-21. Rpt. in The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley. Book Five (Eugene, OR: Pulphouse Publishing, 1991), 85-99. U.K. ed. (London: Sphere, 1975), 11-24. PSt The “standard nightmare” is Earth meeting superior aliens, in this case on an alien eutopian planet. The eutopia has all the usual elements of a society in balance and has no government. A man from Earth decides to become the ruler and then decides to invade Earth. |
