Dramocles: An Intergalactic Soap Opera

Dramocles: An Intergalactic Soap Opera is a novel by Robert Sheckley published in 1983.

Plot summary
Dramocles: An Intergalactic Soap Opera is a novel in which King Dramocles of Glorn uses notes that he did not remember sending to himself in hopes of that they may help him fulfil his unknown destiny.

Reception
Dave Langford reviewed Dramocles: An Intergalactic Soap Opera for White Dwarf #69, and stated that "Dramocles has hilarious scenes, like the completely irrelevant one in which minor characters try to gain narrative security by establish a sub-plot of their own; but overall it reads as though Sheckley was desperately making it up as he went along. Pretty good by some standards; insubstantial by Sheckley's own."

Reviews

 * Review by Faren Miller (1983) in Locus, #269 June 1983
 * Review by John Clute (1984) in Foundation, #30 March 1984
 * Review by Tom Easton (1984) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, May 1984
 * Review by Brian Stableford (1984) in Fantasy Review, November 1984