Options is a 1975 absurdist science fiction novel by American writer Robert Sheckley, published in paperback by Pyramid Books.

[1] The story is ostensibly about a marooned space traveller's attempt to get a spare part for his starship, the Intrepid III.

However, the narrative later descends into a mass of diversions, non-sequiturs and meditations on the nature of authorship.

Spider Robinson reviewed the novel favorably, declaring that although Sheckley deliberately broke most of the rules for successful storytelling, Options was "hilarious... an exploding cigarette, a velvet banana, a bearded tractor, a Presbyterian platypus.

"[2] Dave Langford reviewed Options for White Dwarf #86, and stated that "the author is 'unable' to construct a credible plot device to save the situation.