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This madcap cosmic farce relates the adventures of the hapless human Carmody, as he attempts to make his way home to Earth after winning the grand prize in the Intergalactic Sweepstake, encountering parallel worlds, incompetent bureaucrats and talking dinosaurs on the way.
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My review: https://mattstein.com/books/dimension-of-miracles
What a great book!
Totally loved it. A very similar vibe to The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and just as funny. A great adventure with numerous great scenes and ultimately a very satisfying ending that gives the book an enduring quality in my mind. I will definitely be reading more Robert Sheckley!
John Hodgman (unsurprisingly) was an amazing narrator for this book. I'll agree with everything I've read about his being a precursor to Douglas Adams even though Adams had never read Sheckley prior to HHGTTG publication. Great stuff.
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1 primary bookDimension of Miracles is a 1-book series first released in 1968 with contributions by Robert Sheckley.