Synopsis
A crew of aliens who rely on cooperation between specialized species rather than mechanical devices for space travel loses an essential member, and discover that the only species nearby which could replace him are humans, and they must convince a human to join them.
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Publications (53)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1953 | Galaxy Science Fiction, May 1953 | Galaxy Publishing Corporation | MAGAZINE | 69 |
| September 1953 | Galaxy Science Fiction, Vol. 3 No. 7 | Strato Publications | MAGAZINE | 56 |
| March 1954 | Untouched by Human Hands | Ballantine Books | Collection | 120 |
| March 1954 | Untouched by Human Hands | Ballantine Books | Collection | 120 |
| April 1954 | Second Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction | Crown Publishers | Anthology | 206 |
| 1955 | Untouched by Human Hands | Michael Joseph | Collection | 195 |
| November 1960 | Untouched by Human Hands | Ballantine Books | Collection | 120 |
| May 1963 | Contact | Paperback Library | Anthology | 153 |
| August 1965 | Contact | Paperback Library | Anthology | 153 |
| August 1965 | Contact | Paperback Library | Anthology | 153 |
| April 1967 | Untouched by Human Hands | Four Square Books | Collection | 99 |
| December 1967 | Untouched by Human Hands | Ballantine Bal-Hi | Collection | 120 |
| May 1970 | The Mirror of Infinity: A Critics' Anthology of Science Fiction | Canfield Press | Anthology | 151 |
| May 1970 | The Mirror of Infinity: A Critics' Anthology of Science Fiction | Harper & Row | Anthology | 151 |
| July 1971 | The Mirror of Infinity: A Critics' Anthology of Science Fiction | Sidgwick & Jackson | Anthology | 151 |
| 1973 | Science Fiction 3 | Houghton Mifflin | Anthology | |
| January 1973 | The Mirror of Infinity: A Critics' Anthology of Science Fiction | Perennial Library / Harper & Row | Anthology | 139 |
| October 1973 | The Robert Sheckley Omnibus | Gollancz | Collection | 151 |
| 1974 | As Tomorrow Becomes Today | Prentice-Hall | Anthology | 257 |
| 1974 | As Tomorrow Becomes Today | Prentice-Hall | Anthology | 257 |
| February 1974 | The Mirror of Infinity: A Critics' Anthology of Science Fiction | Perennial Library / Harper & Row | Anthology | 139 |
| February 1974 | Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow ... | Holt, Rinehart and Winston | Anthology | 475 |
| 1975 | Tales of Terror from Outer Space | Fontana | Anthology | 153 |
| 1975 | The Robert Sheckley Omnibus | Penguin Books | Collection | 190 |
| 1976 | Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow ... | Holt, Rinehart and Winston | Anthology | 475 |
| 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology | Harper & Row | Anthology | 157 |
| June 1978 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology | Harper & Row | Anthology | 157 |
| March 1979 | Untouched by Human Hands | Ace Books | Collection | 150 |
| November 1979 | The Wonderful World of Robert Sheckley | Bantam Books | Collection | 16 |
| 1980 | The Wonderful World of Robert Sheckley | Sphere | Collection | 17 |
| October 1981 | The Golden Age of Science Fiction | Hutchinson | Anthology | 180 |
| 1983 | The Golden Age of Science Fiction | Penguin Books | Anthology | 183 |
| 1984 | The Robert Sheckley Omnibus | Penguin Books | Collection | 190 |
| September 1991 | The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley | Pulphouse Publishing | Omnibus | 1-93 |
| September 1991 | The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book One | Pulphouse Publishing | Collection | 93 |
| July 1992 | The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book One | Pulphouse Publishing | Collection | 93 |
| August 1994 | The SF Collection | Chancellor Press | Anthology | 240 |
| August 1997 | The Flying Sorcerers: More Comic Tales of Fantasy | Souvenir Press | Anthology | 215 |
| 1998 | Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology | HarperCollins | Anthology | |
| November 1998 | The Flying Sorcerers | Ace Books | Anthology | 240 |
| 1999 | The Flying Sorcerers: More Comic Tales of Fantasy | Orbit | Anthology | 292 |
| February 1999 | The Flying Sorcerers: More Comic Tales of Fantasy | Orbit | Anthology | 292 |
| 2001 | The Flying Sorcerers: More Comic Tales of Fantasy | Orbit | Anthology | 292 |
| April 2008 | The Monsters and Other Science Fiction Tales | Wildside Press | Collection | 120 |
| April 2008 | A Sheckley Trilogy: Three Classic Tales of Science Fiction | Wonder Audiobooks | Collection | |3 |
| August 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction | Wesleyan University Press | Anthology | 250 |
| August 2010 | The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction | Wesleyan University Press | Anthology | 250 |
| June 2011 | "The Perfect Woman" and Other Stories | Armchair Fiction | Collection | 176 |
| May 2012 | Store of the Worlds: The Stories of Robert Sheckley | New York Review of Books | Collection | 46 |
| July 2014 | Anthropomorphic Aliens: An Interstellar Anthology | FurPlanet Productions | Anthology | 68 |
| March 2015 | Untouched by Human Hands | Ballantine Books | Collection | |120 |
| June 2021 | Untouched by Human Hands | Penguin Books | Collection | |90 |
| June 2021 | Untouched by Human Hands | Penguin Books | Collection | |90 |