Devildeal

by Robert Sheckley

This deal with the devil/fantasy short story by the renowned SF author Robert Sheckley was first published in Deals with the Devil which was edited by Mike Resnick, Martin H. Greenberg, and Loren D. Estleman and was published in 1994.

12 pages, Paperback

Published October 1, 1994

About the author

One of science fiction's great humorists, Sheckley was a prolific short story writer beginning in 1952 with titles including "Specialist", "Pilgrimage to Earth", "Warm", "The Prize of Peril", and "Seventh Victim", collected in volumes from Untouched by Human Hands (1954) to Is That What People Do? (1984) and a five-volume set of Collected Stories (1991). His first novel, Immortality, Inc. (1958), was followed by The Status Civilization (1960), Journey Beyond Tomorrow (1962), Mindswap (1966), and several others. Sheckley served as fiction editor for Omni magazine from January 1980 through September 1981, and was named Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2001.

Reviews

[Heidi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't want to talk about the plot too much because I don't want to ruin the story for those who have not yet read it.

This story is very well written with a very good plot. Perhaps however good it is, some of Sheckley's other stories are somewhat better. It is quite funny in some ways.

For anyone who is interested in a good deal with the devil/fantasy short story, this would be the story for them.