robert sheckley

I recall reading a short story back in the early to mid 80's in a school text book for a fiction class. The premise was there was a ship, I believe it was sentient or at least parts of it were and it somehow had a boy aboard it. They called him the new "pusher" signifying he was an engine of...

Looking into the subject of humor in sci fi from another thread, I found this article on Scifi.com http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue352/interview.html aside from humor, he's got some very interesting thoughts on life...