The Robot Who Looked Like Me is a collection of
science fictionshort stories by
Robert Sheckley. It was first published in 1978 by
Sphere Books. As with much of Sheckley's work in general, many of the stories are satirical and express the writer's criticism of modern American society.
It includes the following stories (magazines in which the stories originally appeared given in parentheses):
"The Robot Who Looked Like Me" (Cosmopolitan, 1973) A man builds a robot version of himself to free up extra spare time.
"Welcome to the Standard Nightmare" (Nova 3, 1973)
"End City" (Galaxy, May 1974, with a different ending.)
"The Never-Ending Western Movie" (Science Fiction Discoveries, 1976) A day in the life of a television star who has been featured in a western for the last 20+ years.
"What is Life?" (Playboy, Dec 1976) A traveler in
Nepal is asked the title question by a Voice from the mountain
"I See a Man Sitting on a Chair, and the Chair is Biting His Leg" (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jan 1968; co-authored with
Harlan Ellison, although Ellison is not credited in the book edition) Concerns a man who is chased through a futuristic Las Vegas-like city by inanimate objects with an unnatural affection for him.
"Is That What People Do?" (Anticipations, 1978) A man finds a pair of binoculars and uses them to observe people in nearby highrise buildings.