Something for Nothing (book)

Something for Nothing is humorous story of the science fiction writer Robert Sheckley. It was first published in the journal Galaxy Science Fiction in 1954 and in the collection Citizen in Space in 1955.

Something for Nothing
AuthorRobert Sheckley
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreStory
PublisherGalaxy Science Fiction
Publication date
1954
Media typePrint

Plot

Waking up one morning, Joe Collins unexpectedly finds in his room a cube with the inscription “Class A Recycler”. After some experimentation, he came to the conclusion that this was what he had always dreamed of - the executor of desires. And here Collins is accepted to satisfy his ever-increasing needs: he orders palaces and oil wells, money and cars, herds of pedigree cattle and ballet troupes. And one day he carelessly, to all material benefits, asks for immortality. And suddenly he learns that the "utilizer" is just a credit machine, moving services in time and space. But sooner or later you have to pay for everything. However, he still gets something for nothing: namely, immortality - in order to work out a debt in marble quarries for several thousand years.

Adaptations

  • According to the story in 1996, the short film The Utilizer[1] was shot. This is the only director's special effects director's work Craig Barron}. The film received the award of the Chicago International Film Festival for special effects, but the general public has never been shown.[2]
  • In Russia from 2015 they shot their own film of the same name.[3][4] The film tells about police detective Max Flamberck, who is looking for missing citizens.

References

  1. The Utilizer in imdb.com
  2. Total Recall: Robert Sheckley's Screenshots // World of Science Fiction. - № 5 (81), May 2010. - p. 72-77.
  3. Yana Khvatova (2015-10-16). "Neo-noir in Russian. In St. Petersburg began shooting a fantastic film". «Argumenty i Fakty». Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  4. "Filming of several scenes from the film "Something for nothing"". TV channel "St. Petersburg". 2016-09-26. Retrieved 2019-02-23.

Literature

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