Jack Sharkey

Jack Sharkey
Jack Sharkey (1931–1992) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer known for his quirky and humorous writing style. He wrote extensively in the 1960s and 1970s, contributing stories to numerous science fiction magazines. Some of his notable works include "The Addams Family" novelization and the satirical science fiction novel "The Secret Martians." Sharkey's writing often blended elements of comedy with speculative fiction, making his stories stand out for their playful tone.

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The Secretary of Defense, flown in by special plane from the new Capitol Building in Denver, trotted down the ramp with his right hand outstretched before him. At the base of the ramp his hand was touched, clutched and hidden by the right hand of General "Smiley" Webb in a hearty parody of a casual handshake. General Webb did everything in a big way, and that included even little things like... more...

Somebody had to get the human angle on this trip ... but what was humane about sending me? My agent was the one who got me the job of going along to write up the first trip to Mars. He was always getting me things like that—appearances on TV shows, or mentions in writers' magazines. If he didn't sell much of my stuff, at least he sold me. "It'll be the biggest break a writer ever... more...

It had no awareness of time, and so did not know nor concern itself with the millennia that passed since it first drew up the dissolved silicates from the shifting grey remnants of soil and arranged them inside the walls of the thousand green pods that were its body cells, and settled down to wait. Somewhere within its fragile cortex, a tiny pulse of life beat. It was a feeble pulse, to be sure, and... more...