John Sladek

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  • Bibliography:
    20 Books
  • First Book:
    November 1971
  • Latest Book:
    May 2014
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Book List in Order: 20 titles

  • The Muller-Fokker Effect

    Can a human being be reconstituted like orange juice? To find out, the Army backs a futuristic research project that transfers a man's personality onto computer tapes. Guinea pig for the experiment is technical writer and dreamer Bob Shairp. Bu...

  • Mechasm

  • Best John Sladek

  • Roderick Vol 1

  • Invisible Green

  • Black Aura

  • Tik Tok

    Something has gone very seriously wrong with Tik-Tok's "asimov circuits." They should keep him on the straight and narrow, following Asimov's first law of robotics: A robot shall not injure a human being, or through inaction allow a human being to co...

  • Roderick

  • Roderick at Random

    Here is the continuing and uproarious saga of Roderick, a robot and "learning machine" growing up in an America in the near future. The mild-mannered robot is confronted with an ever-widening cast of madcap characters who typify the artificial values...



  • Bugs

    This comic novel about an Englishman lost in the surreal high-tech computer country of America's mid-west describes how the hero Fred Jones goes to America to seek his fortune and ends up with his private life out of control, working for the KGB and ...

  • Wholly Smokes

    Wholly Smokes was the last book completed by one of the most original, brilliant and under-rated American writers of the 20th century. Like so many of John Sladek's earlier books, this is almost impossible to categorize. It's the non-fiction or non-f...

  • Maps

    Maps is the definitive collection of John Sladek's uncollected work put together by his friend, fellow writer and critic David Langford who also provides an introduction. It includes all the solo stories - science fiction, detective puzzles, mainstre...

  • Keep The Giraffe Burning

    John Sladek wrote some of the best science fiction stories of the 20th-century and his parodies of famous s/f authors are uproariously "right-on". His talent went under-appreciated except by a few devoted followers, even though his satirical writing ...

  • Complete Roderick

    Two novels about the education of a young machine: “In a properly run universe Sladek’s Roderick would be considered a major American novel. Which it is.” -- Michael Dirda, The Washington PostRoderick is a robot who learns. He begins life look...

  • Alien Accounts

    John Sladek explains the theme of the darkly comic stories in this wonderful collection:"The aliens here are human. This book contains no giant flyingsnails or telepathic octopods, no Ganymedean cat-womendressed in silver, no aggressive dugong chiefs...

  • The Lunatics Of Terra

    A collection of John Sladek's hilarious SF satires, including:The Last of the WhaleburgersGreat Mysteries Explained!Red NoiseGuestingAbsent FriendsAfter FlaubertThe Brass MonkeyWhite HatThe Island of Dr CirceAnswersBreakfast with the MurgatroydsThe N...

  • The Steam-Driven Boy

    John Sladek's first short story collection. Sladek wrote some of the best science fiction stories of the 20th-century and his parodies of famous s/f authors are uproariously "right-on". His talent went under-appreciated except by a few devoted follow...

  • The Reproductive System

    Wompler's Walking Babies once put Millford, Utah, on the map. But they aren't selling like they used to. In fact, they aren't selling at all and the only alternative to winding the company up is to tap the government for a research grant. And so Womp...

  • Tik-Tok

    'A Robot shall not injure a human being, or through inaction allow a human being to come to harm'.That's Asimov's celebrated First Law of Robotics. And in the 21st century, all domestic robots are programmed according to that Law.But something had g...



  • John Sladek SF Gateway Omnibus

    From the vaults of The SF Gateway, the most comprehensive digital library of classic SFF titles ever assembled, comes an ideal introduction to the razor-sharp wit of John Sladek.An important voice in the New Wave movement, Sladek had stories publishe...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

John Sladek has published 20 books.

John Sladek does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, John Sladek SF Gateway Omnibus, was published in May 2014.

The first book by John Sladek, The Muller-Fokker Effect, was published in November 1971.

No. John Sladek does not write books in series.
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