Comments on: RIP Robert Sheckley http://www.edrants.com/rip-robert-sheckley/ a cultural website in ever-shifting standing Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:01:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Martin Olson http://www.edrants.com/rip-robert-sheckley/comment-page-1/#comment-5520 Martin Olson Tue, 10 Jan 2006 03:08:16 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=2440#comment-5520 Bob Sheckley died a month ago. It still stings, so I was surfing for other fans who've written tributes to him. I loved your piece on Sheckley. Interesting and puzzling about "The Running Man" as you mentioned. Sheckley told me he had called King awkwardly, to ask why Running Man was so close toSheck's story, I believe, "The Prize of Peri". Bob knew King had been a fan of his stories and Sheckley also liked King. Bob said King said he couldn't remember if he ever read "Peril" and they had to leave it at that. He thought King felt bad and must've ripped him off by accident. It happens. I knew Bob and was lucky enough to work with him on a number of scripts, a video game and one unfinished book we collaborated on. I'll finish it. I wrote him a remembrance, and posted it at http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/007078.html R.I.P. my friend. We miss you. Bob Sheckley died a month ago. It still stings, so I was surfing for other fans who’ve written tributes to him. I loved your piece on Sheckley.

Interesting and puzzling about “The Running Man” as you mentioned. Sheckley told me he had called King awkwardly, to ask why Running Man was so close toSheck’s story, I believe, “The Prize of Peri”. Bob knew King had been a fan of his stories and Sheckley also liked King. Bob said King said he couldn’t remember if he ever read “Peril” and they had to leave it at that. He thought King felt bad and must’ve ripped him off by accident. It happens.

I knew Bob and was lucky enough to work with him on a number of scripts, a video game and one unfinished book we collaborated on. I’ll finish it. I wrote him a remembrance, and posted it at

http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/007078.html

R.I.P. my friend. We miss you.

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