Robert Silverberg Books In Order

Dragonflight Books In Publication Order

  1. Letters from Atlantis (1990)
  2. The Dreaming Place (By:Charles de Lint) (1990)
  3. Dragon’s Plunder (By:Brad Strickland) (1992)
  4. Wishing Season (By:Esther M. Friesner) (1993)
  5. Born of Elven Blood (By:Kevin J. Anderson,John Gregory Betancourt) (1994)
  6. Monet’s Ghost (By:Chelsea Quinn Yarbro) (1997)

The Dying Earth Books In Publication Order

  1. The Dying Earth / Mazirian the Magician (1950)
  2. Cugel’s Saga / Cugel: The Skybreak Spatterlight (1966)
  3. The Eyes of the Overworld / Cugel the Clever (1966)
  4. A Quest for Simbilis (1974)
  5. Morreion (1978)
  6. The Seventeen Virgins (1979)
  7. The Bagful of Dreams (1979)
  8. Rhialto the Marvellous (1984)
  9. The Laughing Magician (2006)
  10. Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance (2009)

Gilgamesh Books In Publication Order

  1. Gilgamesh the King (1984)
  2. To the Land of the Living (1984)
  3. Gilgamesh in the Outback (1986)

Legends Books In Publication Order

  1. Legends (1998)
  2. Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King (1998)
  3. Legends 3 (1999)

Majipoor: Lord Prestimion Books In Publication Order

  1. Sorcerers of Majipoor (1982)
  2. Lord Prestimion (1998)
  3. The King of Dreams (2001)
  4. Tales of Majipoor (2013)

Majipoor: Lord Valentine Books In Publication Order

  1. Lord Valentine’s Castle (1979)
  2. Majipoor Chronicles (1981)
  3. Valentine Pontifex (1983)
  4. The Mountains of Majipoor (1995)

Millenium Books In Publication Order

  1. The Legacy of Lehr (By:Katherine Kurtz) (1986)
  2. Chess With A Dragon (By:David Gerrold) (1987)
  3. A Dark Traveling (By:Roger Zelazny) (1987)
  4. Project Pendulum (1987)
  5. The Forever City (By:Richard A. Lupoff) (1988)
  6. The Year of the Ransom (By:Poul Anderson) (1988)
  7. Joe Gosh (By:Tom De Haven) (1988)
  8. A Place of Silver Silence (By:Ardath Mayhar) (1988)
  9. The Homecoming (By:Barry B. Longyear) (1989)
  10. Hong on the Range (By:William F. Wu) (1989)

Mutant Legacy Books In Publication Order

  1. The Mutant Season (1989)

New Springtime Books In Publication Order

  1. At Winter’s End (1988)
  2. The Queen of Springtime / The New Springtime (1990)

Nidorian Books In Publication Order

  1. The Shrouded Planet (1957)
  2. Dawning Light (1964)

Regan Books In Publication Order

  1. Regan’s Planet (1964)
  2. World’s Fair 1992 (1970)

Time Gate Books In Publication Order

  1. Time Gate (1989)
  2. Dangerous Interfaces (With: Karen Haber) (1990)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. Revolt on Alpha C (1955)
  2. Master of Life and Death (1957)
  3. The 13th Immortal (1957)
  4. Aliens from Space (As: David Osborne) (1958)
  5. Collision Course (1958)
  6. Invaders from Earth (1958)
  7. Invisible Barriers (As: David Osborne) (1958)
  8. Lest We Forget Thee, Earth (As: Calvin M. Knox, With: Raymond Z. Gallun) (1958)
  9. The Silent Invaders (1958)
  10. Starhaven (As: Ivar Jorgenson) (1958)
  11. Stepsons of Terra (1958)
  12. The Planet Killers (1959)
  13. Gang Girl (As: Don Elliott) (1959)
  14. The Plot Against Earth (As: Calvin M. Knox) (1959)
  15. Sex Jungle (As: Don Elliott) (1959)
  16. Starman’s Quest (1959)
  17. Love Addict (As: Don Elliott) (1959)
  18. Party Girl (As: Don Elliott) (1960)
  19. Lost Race of Mars (1960)
  20. The Flesh Peddlers (As: Don Elliott) (1960)
  21. Summertime Affair (As: Don Elliott) (1960)
  22. Sin on Wheels (As: Don Elliott) (1960)
  23. Planet of Death (1960)
  24. The Seed of Earth (1962)
  25. Recalled to Life (1962)
  26. No Lust Tonight (As: Don Elliott) (1962)
  27. Sin Servant (As: Don Elliott) (1963)
  28. Sex Bum (As: Don Elliott) (1963)
  29. Time of the Great Freeze (1964)
  30. One of Our Asteroids is Missing (As: Calvin M. Knox) (1964)
  31. Orgy Isle (As: Don Elliott) (1964)
  32. Orgy Maid (As: Don Elliott) (1964)
  33. Pickup (As: Don Elliott) (1964)
  34. Conquerors from the Darkness (1965)
  35. Flesh Boarder (As: Don Elliott) (1965)
  36. The Passion Killer (As: Don Elliott) (1965)
  37. Sin Sold (As: Don Elliott) (1965)
  38. We, the Marauders (1965)
  39. The Gate of Worlds (1967)
  40. Thorns (1967)
  41. Those Who Watch (1967)
  42. The Time Hoppers (1967)
  43. To Open the Sky (1967)
  44. Lust Market (As: Don Elliott) (1967)
  45. Hawksbill Station / The Anvil of Time (1968)
  46. The Masks of Time / Vornan-19 (1968)
  47. The Man in the Maze (1969)
  48. Nightwings (1969)
  49. Three Survived (1969)
  50. Across a Billion Years (1969)
  51. Mistress of Sin (As: Don Elliott) (1969)
  52. To Live Again (1969)
  53. Up the Line (1969)
  54. Downward to the Earth (1970)
  55. Tower of Glass (1970)
  56. The World Inside (1971)
  57. A Time of Changes (1971)
  58. Son of Man (1971)
  59. The Second Trip (1972)
  60. Dying Inside (1972)
  61. The Book of Skulls (1972)
  62. Keep the Clients Happy (As: Don Elliott) (1973)
  63. The Stochastic Man (1975)
  64. Shadrach in the Furnace (1976)
  65. The Desert of Stolen Dreams (1981)
  66. Lord of Darkness (1983)
  67. Tom O’Bedlam (1985)
  68. Sailing to Byzantium (1985)
  69. Star of Gypsies (1986)
  70. The Secret Sharer (1988)
  71. In Another Country (With: C.L. Moore) (1990)
  72. Nightfall (With: Isaac Asimov) (1990)
  73. Child of Time (With: Isaac Asimov) (1991)
  74. The Face of the Waters (1991)
  75. The Ugly Little Boy (With: Isaac Asimov) (1992)
  76. Kingdoms of the Wall (1992)
  77. Thebes of the Hundred Gates (1992)
  78. The Positronic Man (With: Isaac Asimov) (1992)
  79. Hot Sky at Midnight (1993)
  80. Starborne (1996)
  81. The Realm of Prester John (1996)
  82. The Alien Years (1997)
  83. Shadow on the Stars (2000)
  84. Cronos (2001)
  85. The Longest Way Home (2002)
  86. Roma Eterna (2003)
  87. Blood on the Mink (2012)
  88. Beyond the Doors of Death (With: Damien Broderick) (2013)

Short Stories/Novellas In Publication Order

  1. The Inquisitor (1956)
  2. The Ultimate Weapon (1957)
  3. Passengers (1968)
  4. Sundance (1969)
  5. Good News from the Vatican (1971)
  6. When We Went to See the End of the World (1972)
  7. World of a Thousand Colors (1982)
  8. The Conglomeroid Co*cktail Party (1984)
  9. Beyond the Safe Zone (1987)
  10. House of Bones (1988)
  11. Secret Sharers (1992)
  12. Homefaring (2003)
  13. Symbiont (2003)
  14. The Pope of the Chimps (2013)
  15. The Macauley Circuit (2013)
  16. In the Group (2013)
  17. Prime Commandment (2015)
  18. X Minus One: The Iron Chancellor (2015)
  19. The Happy Unfortunate (2016)
  20. The Hunted Heroes (2016)
  21. Postmark Ganymede (2016)
  22. The Last Song of Orpheus (2017)
  23. The Emperor and the Maula (2017)
  24. Birds of a Feather (2018)
  25. Enter a Soldier. Later: Another. / Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another. (2019)

Short Story Collections In Publication Order

  1. Next Stop, the Stars (1962)
  2. Godling Go Home (1964)
  3. To Worlds Beyond (1965)
  4. The Calibrated Alligator and Other Science Fiction Stories (1969)
  5. Dimension Thirteen (1969)
  6. Sundance and Other Science Fiction Stories (1969)
  7. Parsecs and Parables (1970)
  8. The Reality Trip and Other Implausibilities (1970)
  9. The Cube Root of Uncertainty (1971)
  10. Moonferns and Starsongs (1971)
  11. Unfamiliar Territory (1973)
  12. Valley Beyond Time (1973)
  13. The Feast of St. Dionysus (1975)
  14. Born with the Dead (1975)
  15. Capricorn Games (1976)
  16. The Shores of Tomorrow (1976)
  17. The Best of Robert Silverberg (1976)
  18. Earth’s Other Shadow (1977)
  19. The Songs Of Summer And Other Stories (1982)
  20. Treasures Beneath the Sea (1986)
  21. Pluto in the Morning Light (1992)
  22. Ringing the Changes (1997)
  23. Lion Time in Timbuctoo (2000)
  24. In Another Country and Other Short Novels (2002)
  25. Hawksbill Times Two (2002)
  26. The Road to Nightfall (2003)
  27. Phases of the Moon: Stories from Six Decades (2004)
  28. In the Beginning (2006)
  29. Hunt the Space-Witch! (2011)
  30. Dangerous Dimensions (2011)
  31. Around the Continuum (2012)
  32. Beyond the Beyond (2012)
  33. Traveler of Worlds: Conversations with Robert Silverberg (With: Gardner R. Dozois,Alvaro Zinos-Amaro) (2016)
  34. Early Days (2016)
  35. Robert Silverberg’s Super-Science Fiction (2017)
  36. The Ace Years, Part One (2017)
  37. The Ace Years, Part Two (2017)
  38. First-Person Singularities (2017)
  39. Rough Trade (2017)
  40. The Ace Years, Part 3 (2018)
  41. Time and Time Again (2018)
  42. Alien Archives (2019)
  43. Master of Life and Death and five more Stories (2020)
  44. Needle in a Timestack (2020)
  45. Voyagers: Twelve Journeys through Space and Time (2021)
  46. Exotic Adventures of Robert Silverberg (2021)

Collected Stories Of Robert Silverberg Books In Publication Order

  1. To Be Continued (2006)
  2. To the Dark Star (2007)
  3. Something Wild is Loose (2008)
  4. Trips (2009)
  5. The Palace at Midnight (2010)
  6. Multiples (2011)
  7. We Are for the Dark (2012)
  8. Hot Times in Magma City (2013)
  9. The Millennium Express (2014)

Graphic Novels In Publication Order

  1. The Seventh Shrine (With: Sean Jordan) (2006)
  2. Robert Silverberg’s Colonies (With: Philippe Thirault) (2019)

Non-Fiction Books In Publication Order

  1. First American into Space (1961)
  2. Lost Cities & Vanished Civilizations (1962)
  3. Home of the Red Man (1963)
  4. 1066 (1964)
  5. Scientists and Scoundrels (1965)
  6. The Golden Dream (1967)
  7. The Auk, the Dodo and the Oryx (1967)
  8. The Morning of Mankind (1967)
  9. The Mound Builders (1968)
  10. The Man Who Found Nineveh (1968)
  11. Ghost Towns of the American West (1968)
  12. Bruce of the Blue Nile (1969)
  13. The World of Space (1969)
  14. Vanishing Giants: The Story of the Sequoias (1969)
  15. World of Ocean Depths (1970)
  16. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (1970)
  17. If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem (1970)
  18. Mammoths, Mastodons and Man (1970)
  19. Into Space (With: Arthur C. Clarke) (1971)
  20. Before the Sphinx (1971)
  21. Clocks for the Ages (1971)
  22. Challenge of Climate: Man and His Environment (1971)
  23. The Longest Voyage (1972)
  24. Galactic Dreamers (1977)
  25. The Ultimate Dinosaur (1992)
  26. The Pueblo Revolt (1994)
  27. Reflections & Refractions (1997)
  28. Other Spaces, Other Times (2009)
  29. Musings and Meditations (2010)
  30. Challenge for a Throne (2010)
  31. The Crusades (2010)

Stellar Guild Books In Publication Order

  1. Tau Ceti (By:Kevin J. Anderson,Steven Savile) (2011)
  2. On the Train (By:Rachel Turtledove) (2012)
  3. When the Blue Shift Comes (With: Alvaro Zinos-Amaro) (2012)
  4. New Under the Sun (By:Nancy Kress) (2013)
  5. The Aethers of Mars (By:Eric Flint) (2014)
  6. Red Tide (By:Larry Niven,Matthew Joseph Harrington,Brad R. Torgersen) (2014)
  7. Inci (By:Mike Resnick) (2015)
  8. Wishing on a Star (By:Jody Lynn Nye) (2015)

Isaac Asimov’s Wonderful Worlds Of Science Fiction Books In Publication Order

  1. Intergalactic Empires (By:Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg) (1983)
  2. Science Fictional Olympics (By:Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg) (1984)
  3. Supermen (By:Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg) (1984)
  4. Comets (By:Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg) (1986)
  5. Tin Stars (By:Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg) (1986)
  6. Neanderthals (With: Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg,Charles G. Waugh) (1987)
  7. Space Shuttles (By:Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg) (1987)
  8. Monsters (By:Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg) (1988)
  9. Robots (By:Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg) (1989)
  10. Invasions (By:Isaac Asimov,Martin H. Greenberg) (1990)

The Year’s Best Science Fiction Books In Publication Order

  1. The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection (1986)
  2. The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection (1994)
  3. The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection (1997)

UFO Anthology Books In Publication Order

  1. Unidentified Funny Objects (2012)
  2. Unidentified Funny Objects 2 (2013)
  3. Unidentified Funny Objects 3 (2014)
  4. Funny Science Fiction (2015)
  5. Unidentified Funny Objects 4 (2015)
  6. Funny Fantasy (2016)
  7. Unidentified Funny Objects 5 (2016)
  8. Funny Horror (2017)
  9. Unidentified Funny Objects 6 (2017)
  10. Unidentified Funny Objects 7 (2018)
  11. Unidentified Funny Objects 8 (2020)

Alien Stars Books In Publication Order

  1. Alien Stars (By:C.J. Cherryh,Timothy Zahn,Joe Haldeman) (1985)
  2. After the Flames (With: ) (1985)

The Year’s Best Science Fiction Anthology Books In Publication Order

  1. The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection (1986)
  2. The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection (1988)
  3. The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection (1991)
  4. The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection (1992)
  5. The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection (1993)
  6. The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection (1995)
  7. The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection (1997)
  8. The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection (1999)
  9. The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection (2000)
  10. The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection (2001)
  11. The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection (2002)
  12. The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection (2005)
  13. The Best of the Best (2005)
  14. The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection (2006)
  15. The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection (2007)
  16. The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection (2008)
  17. The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection (2008)
  18. The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection (2010)
  19. The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection (2013)
  20. The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection (2014)
  21. The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection (2015)

New Dimensions Books In Publication Order

  1. New Dimensions 5 (By:David Wise) (1975)
  2. New Dimensions 6 (1976)
  3. New Dimensions 7 (1977)
  4. New Dimensions 8 (1978)
  5. New Dimensions 9 (1979)
  6. New Dimensions 10 (With: Felix C. Gotschalk) (1980)
  7. New Dimensions 11 (With: Marta Randall) (1980)
  8. New Dimensions 12 (With: Marta Randall) (1981)
  9. New Dimensions 13 (By:Marta Randall) (1982)

Anthologies In Publication Order

  1. Astounding Science Fiction, June 1956 (1941)
  2. The Science Fiction Bestiary (1960)
  3. Earthmen and Strangers (1966)
  4. Voyagers in Time (1967)
  5. Dangerous Visions (1967)
  6. Men and Machines (1968)
  7. Dark Stars (1969)
  8. Tomorrow’s Worlds (1969)
  9. Worlds of Maybe (1970)
  10. The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One: 1929-1964 (1970)
  11. Alchemy and Academe (1970)
  12. Alpha 1 (1970)
  13. Alpha 2 (1971)
  14. The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction Nineteenth Series (1971)
  15. Mind to Mind (1971)
  16. Alpha 3 (1972)
  17. New Dimensions 2 (1972)
  18. This Side of Infinity (1972)
  19. Invaders from Space (1972)
  20. The Day the Sun Stood Still (1972)
  21. Three Trips in Time and Space (1973)
  22. New Dimensions 3 (1973)
  23. Chains of the Sea (1973)
  24. Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader (1973)
  25. Alpha 4 (1973)
  26. The Mirror of Infinity (1973)
  27. Infinite Jests (1974)
  28. Deep Space (1974)
  29. Wondermakers 2 (1974)
  30. Final Stage: The Ultimate Science Fiction Anthology (1974)
  31. Alpha 5 (1974)
  32. Mutants (1974)
  33. Sunrise on Mercury (1975)
  34. Hell’s Cartographers (1975)
  35. Explorers of Space (1975)
  36. Epoch (1975)
  37. The Crystal Ship (1976)
  38. Alpha 6 (1976)
  39. Aliens (1976)
  40. Beyond Tomorrow (1976)
  41. Earth is the Strangest Planet (1977)
  42. The Infinite Web (1977)
  43. Alpha 7 (1977)
  44. Trips in Time (1977)
  45. Alpha 8 (1977)
  46. The Book of Ellison (1978)
  47. Lost Worlds, Unknown Horizons (1978)
  48. Alpha 9 (1978)
  49. Car Sinister (1979)
  50. The Androids Are Coming (1979)
  51. Dawn of Time (1979)
  52. The Edge of Space (1979)
  53. The Best of New Dimensions (1979)
  54. The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels (1980)
  55. The Best of Randall Garrett (1982)
  56. The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces (1983)
  57. Space Odyssey (1983)
  58. The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12 (1983)
  59. The First Omni Book of Science Fiction (1983)
  60. Nebula Awards 18 (1983)
  61. The Fantasy Hall of Fame (1983)
  62. Great Adventures in Archaeology (1985)
  63. The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction (1985)
  64. The Time Travellers (1985)
  65. The Fourth Omni Book of Science Fiction (1985)
  66. The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection (1986)
  67. Robert Silverberg’s Worlds of Wonder (1987)
  68. Science Fiction 101 (1987)
  69. Terry’s Universe: Science fiction’s finest writers join in honoring the memory of Terry Carr (1987)
  70. The Fifth Omni Book of Science Fiction (1987)
  71. Robert Adams’ Book of Alternate Worlds (1987)
  72. Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century (1987)
  73. Hunger for Horror (1988)
  74. Worlds Imagined (1989)
  75. Strange Gifts (1989)
  76. Beyond the Gate of Worlds (1991)
  77. The Horror Hall of Fame (1991)
  78. After the King (1991)
  79. Murasaki (1992)
  80. Universe 2 (1992)
  81. Omni Best Science Fiction One (1992)
  82. Universe 3 (1994)
  83. Angels! (1995)
  84. The Ultimate Alien (1995)
  85. War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches (1996)
  86. Year’s Best SF (1996)
  87. Hackers (1996)
  88. A Century of Fantasy, 1980-1989 (1997)
  89. Hollywood Fantasies: Ten Surreal Visions of Tinsel Town (1997)
  90. A Century of Science Fiction, 1950-1959 (1997)
  91. The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection (1997)
  92. Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King (1998)
  93. The Avram Davidson Treasury (1998)
  94. Far Horizons (1999)
  95. The Furthest Horizon (2000)
  96. Graven Images (2000)
  97. The Ends of Time (2000)
  98. Robert Silverberg Presents the Great Science Fiction Stories (1964) (2001)
  99. Nebula Awards 35 (2001) (2001)
  100. I Have This Nifty Idea (2001)
  101. Fantasy: The Best of 2001 (2002)
  102. Science Fiction: The Best of 2001 (2002)
  103. Science Fiction: The Best of 2002 (2003)
  104. Fantasy: The Best of 2002 (2003)
  105. Other Dimensions (2003)
  106. The Best of the Best, Vol 2 (2007)
  107. A Little Intelligence (2009)
  108. Federations (2009)
  109. Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance (2009)
  110. The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010)
  111. Enter a Future: Fantastic Tales from Asimov’s Science Fiction (2010)
  112. Ghosts by Gaslight (2011)
  113. Tales from Super-Science Fiction (2012)
  114. Dark City Lights: New York Stories (Have a NYC) (2015)
  115. This Way to the End Times (2016)
  116. Little Green Mena ‘Attack! (2017)
  117. Timeshift: Tales of Time (2018)
  118. Sins and Other Worlds (2018)
  119. Triax (2020)
  120. Dreamforge Magazine: Tales on the Edge of Hope; Volume 5, March 2020 (2020)
  121. The New Atlantis (2020)
  122. Relics, Wrecks and Ruins (2021)

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Robert Silverberg Books Overview

Letters from Atlantis

On a mission to observe the fabled city of Atlantis through the mind of its royal heir, Ram, twenty first century time traveler Roy Colton soon becomes worried by Ram’s dark dreams of the island’s future destruction. AB.

The Dreaming Place (By:Charles de Lint)

A young woman locked in rage yet seeking magic, Ash is drawn into a wondrous Otherworld of totems and dryads, living tarots and mystic charms. At the same time, Ash’s cousin Nina is stalked by an Otherworld demon a manitou who can force her mind and soul into the bodies of beasts. Ash must find the strength to overcome her own anger, learn the full power of magic, and save Nina before she becomes the manitou’s weapon, turning the faerie realm into an arctic wasteland. De Lint fans will relish this urban and otherworldly fantasy, partially set in the author’s trademark Newford. ‘One of the most original fantasy writers currently working.’ Booklist

Dragon’s Plunder (By:Brad Strickland)

Jamie Falconer can whistle up a breeze anytime he wants. When captain Deadmon and his band of pirates discover Jamie’s talent, they plan to kidnap him and take him along on their quest for a dragon’s gold. Jamie makes a shocking discovery: Deadmon is dead! The mummified pirate captain once vowed never to rest until he’d plundered a dragon’s ho*ard and divided the booty among his men. Since there were few dragons even in those days, swearing such an oath was a foolish thing to do. The pirates have been searching for a dragon since Deadmon died in battle ten years before, and the search isn’t going well. There is one dragon left within their reach, but it lives on the Isle of Winds, where no ship can approach unless Jamie’s talent for whistling up the wind can get them there!

Wishing Season (By:Esther M. Friesner)

Approaching his graduation from magic school, young genie Khalid tries out a lamp of his own, but forgetting to tell his first human master that he can only have three wishes, Khalid is trapped by a wish for unlimited wishes.

Born of Elven Blood (By:Kevin J. Anderson,John Gregory Betancourt)

Escaping into the world of Faery when her own home begins to fall apart, Maria Blanca joins in the fight against the savage trogs that threaten the eleven great elven cities and is taken into the heart of the trog empire.

Monet’s Ghost (By:Chelsea Quinn Yarbro)

Blessed with the ability to literally throw herself into paintings, art lover Geena Howe enters one of Monet’s water lily paintings, where she encounters a mysterious ghost in a Victorian castle.’

The Dying Earth / Mazirian the Magician

The stories included in The Dying Earth introduce dozens of seekers of wisdom and beauty, lovely lost women, wizards of every shade of eccentricity with their runic amulets and spells. We meet the melancholy deodands, who feed on human flesh and the twk men, who ride dragonflies and trade information for salt. There are monsters and demons. Each being is morally ambiguous: The evil are charming, the good are dangerous. All are at home in Vance’s lyrically described fantastic landscapes like Embelyon where, The sky was a mesh of vast ripples and cross ripples and these refracted a thousand shafts of colored light, rays which in mid air wove wondrous laces, rainbow nets, in all the jewel hues…
. The dying Earth itself is otherworldly: A dark blue sky, an ancient sun…
. Nothing of Earth was raw or harsh the ground, the trees, the rock ledge protruding from the meadow; all these had been worked upon, smoothed, aged, mellowed. The light from the sun, though dim, was rich and invested every object of the land…
with a sense of lore and ancient recollection. Welcome. The Dying Earth and its sequels comprise one of the most powerful fantasy/science fiction concepts in the history of the genre. They are packed with adventure but also with ideas, and the vision of uncounted human civilizations stacked one atop another like layers in a phyllo pastry thrills even as it induces a sense of awe at…
the fragility and transience of all things, the nobility of humanity s struggle against the certainty of an entropic resolution. Dean Koontz, author of the Odd Thomas novels. He gives you glimpses of entire worlds with just perfectly turned language. If he d been born south of the border, he d be up for a Nobel Prize. Dan Simmons author of The Hyperion Cantos.

Cugel’s Saga / Cugel: The Skybreak Spatterlight

‘Vance sees himself in the tradition of popular fantasy writers, but his classic writing style is also comparagle to Homer’s Odyssey, and Cervante’s Don Quixote. Though the Cugel tales may lack the scope and pathos of the greatest adventure yarns, in the twenty-first century, they may be as close as one gets to the celebration of epic human perseverance.’–editor, Brilliance Audio Cugel’s Saga, published 17 years after Eyes of the Overworld, is the second novel that features the scoundrel and trickster, Cugel. Again, Cugel tests wits with Iucounu and acquires rudimentary powers himself. ‘Cugel the Clever [is a rogue so venal and unscrupulous that that he makes Harry Flashman look like Dudley Do-Right. How could you not love a guy like that?…
. Judging from the number of times that Cugel has come back…
you can’t keep a bad man down.’ -George R.R. Martin, author of A Song of Ice and Fire. ‘Cugel the Clever [is a liar and thief in a doomed world of liars and thieves…
. Probably the least attractive hero it would be possible to find, struggling through a universe like a Hieronymus Bosch painting, a hero only in that nearly everybody else he encounters in that universe is on the make too, and yet the Cugel stories are howlingly funny.’ -Kage Baker, author of Empress of Mars.

The Eyes of the Overworld / Cugel the Clever

The Eyes of the Overworld is the first of Vance’s picaresque novels about the scoundrel Cugel. Here he is sent by a magician he has wronged to a distant unknown country to retrieve magical lenses that reveal the Overworld. Conniving to steal the lenses, he escapes and, goaded by a homesick monster magically attached to his liver, starts to find his way home to Almery. The journey takes him across trackless mountains, wastelands, and seas. Vance s career began when he was in the merchant marine and continued through extended stays in exotic cities. Through cunning and dumb luck, the relentless Cugel survives one catastrophe after another, fighting off bandits, ghosts, and ghouls stealing, lying, and cheating without insight or remorse leaving only wreckage behind. Betrayed and betraying, he joins a cult group on a pilgrimage, crosses the Silver Desert as his comrades die one by one and, escaping the Rat People, obtains a spell that returns him home. There, thanks to incompetence and arrogance he misspeaks the words of a purloined spell and transports himself back to the same dismal place he began his journey.

Rhialto the Marvellous

Rhialto the Marvellous takes up the personal and political conflicts among a conclave of two dozen magicians of Ascolais and Almery in the 21st Aeon. The shocking appearance of the Llorio the Murtha, a powerful female force from an earlier aeon threatens to unbalance nature by ensqualming or feminizing the magicians. This triggers a tremendous struggle for power and the other mages turn against Rhialto. Hoping to reestablish his rightful place, Rhialto travels to other aeons to restore the missing Perciplex which projects the Mostrament, the constitution of the association. In his final adventure, Rhialto must, ultimately, travel to the very ends of time and space to confront an old adversary whom he had wronged and must commit further misdeeds to restore order. Out of this welter of exotic politics, values systems, personal eccentricity, and magic, the figure of Rhialto slowly comes into focus and takes on dimension. He is a vain, apparently superficial man, not ashamed to demonstrate his melancholy to enhance his reputation. But he is courteous, patient, and subtle, even kind. He is self aware and introspective as Cugel never could be the wisest and most sympathetic of all of Vance’s wizards.

Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance

Thank You, Mr. Vance, by Dean Koontz. 2009 by Dean Koontz. Preface, by Jack Vance. 2009 by Jack Vance. The True Vintage of Erzuine Thale, by Robert Silverberg. 2009 by Agberg, Ltd. Grolion of Almery, by Matthew Hughes. 2009 by Matt Hughes Company Ltd. The Copsy Door, by Terry Dowling. 2009 by Terry Dowling. Caulk the Witch Chaser, by Liz Williams. 2009 by Liz Williams. Inescapable, by Mike Resnick. 2009 by Mike Resnick. Abrizonde, by Walter Jon Williams. 2009 by Walter Jon Williams. The Traditions of Karzh, by Paula Volsky. 2009 by Paula Volsky. The Final Quest of the Wizard Sarnod, by Jeff VanderMeer. 2009 by Jeff VanderMeer. The Green Bird, by Kage Baker. 2009 by Kage Baker. The Last Golden Thread, by Phyllis Eisenstein. 2009 by Phyllis Eisenstein. An Incident in Uskvesh, by Elizabeth Moon. 2009 by Elizabeth Moon. Sylgarmo’s Proclamation, by Lucius Shepard. 2009 by Lucius Shepard. The Lamentably Comical Tragedy or the Laughably Tragic Comedy of Lival Laqavee, by Tad Williams. 2009 by Tad Williams. Guyal the Curator, by John C. Wright. 2009 by John C. Wright. The Good Magician, by Glen Cook. 2009 by Glen Cook. The Return of the Fire Witch, by Elizabeth Hand. 2009 by Elizabeth Hand. The Collegeum of Mauge, by Byron Tetrick. 2009 by Byron Tetrick. Evillo the Uncunning, by Tanith Lee. 2009 by Tanith Lee. The Guiding Nose of Ulf nt Bander z, by Dan Simmons. 2009 by Dan Simmons. Frogskin Cap, by Howard Waldrop. 2009 by Howard Waldrop. A Night at the Tarn House, by George R. R. Martin. 2009 by George R. R. Martin. An Invocation of Incuriosity, by Neil Gaiman. 2009 by Neil Gaiman.

Gilgamesh the King

The oldest written story is given a new telling by Robert Silverberg, without losing its legendary qualities. Many of the tales within the overall story inspired the most ancient myths throughout the world.

To the Land of the Living

This fantasy novel is based on Silverberg’s Hugo Award winning novella ‘Gilagamesh in The Outback’ and is a development of the premise that there is an afterworld. The warrior king Gilgamesh’s adventures take him into the afterworld realms of Prester John, Simon Magus, Walter Raleigh and Picasso.

Legends

Here they are, the writers and the worlds that have satisfied millions of readers. Each has returned to their compelling special places to tell a new tale that enriches and illuminates their most famous creations, in a big, lavish volume enhanced with color and illustrative materials. Many of the short novels take place at an earlier moment in the history of their worlds, and cast new light on the famous epics. Others fit into the already established patterns of their worlds, but happen offstage from the main action. All are essential reading to the millions of fans of these writers and worlds. Stephen King tells a tale of Roland, the Gunslinger, in The Little Sisters of Eluria Terry Pratchett relates an amusing incident in Discworld, in The Sea and Little Fishes Terry Goodkind tells of the origin of the Border between realms in the world of The Sword of Truth in Debt of Bones Orson Scott Card spins a yarn of Alvin and his apprentice in Grinning Man Robert Silverberg returns to Majipoor and to Lord Valentine’s astonishing life in The Seventh Shrine Ursula K. Le Guin, in a sequel to her famous books of Earthsea, portrays a woman who wants to learn magic in Dragonfly Tad Williams tells an enthralling story of a great and haunted castle in an age before Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn in The Burning Man George R.R. Martin sets his adventure of The Hedge Knight a generation before his epic A Song of Ice and Fire Anne McCaffrey returns once again to her world of romance and adventure to tell of a Runner of Pern Raymond E. Feist’s Riftwar Saga is the setting of the revenge of The Wood Boy Robert Jordan, in the final section in the book, New Spring, tells of the meeting of Lan and Moiraine and of the beginning of their search for a baby just born who must lead in the final battle

Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King

Fantasy fans, rejoice! Seven years after writer and editor Robert Silverberg made publishing history with Legends, his acclaimed anthology of original short novels by some of the greatest writers in fantasy fiction, the long awaited second volume is here. Legends II picks up where its illustrious predecessor left off. All of the bestselling writers represented in Legends II return to the special universe of the imagination that its author has made famous throughout the world. Whether set before or after events already recounted elsewhere, whether featuring beloved characters or compelling new creations, these masterful short novels are both mesmerizing stand alones perfect introductions to the work of their authors and indispensable additions to the epics on which they are based. Beyond any doubt, Legends II is the fantasy event of the season. ROBIN HOBB returns to the Realm of the Elderlings with Homecoming, a powerful tale in which exiles sent to colonize the Cursed Shores find themselves sinking into an intoxicating but deadly dream…
or is it a memory?GEORGE R. R. MARTIN continues the adventures of Dunk, a young hedge knight, and his unusual squire, Egg, in The Sworn Sword, set a generation before the events in A Song of Ice and Fire. ORSON SCOTT CARD tells a tale of Alvin Maker and the mighty Mississippi, featuring a couple of ne er do wells named Jim Bowie and Abe Lincoln, in The Yazoo Queen. DIANE GABALDON turns to an important character from her Outlander saga Lord John Grey in Lord John and the Succubus, a supernatural thriller set in the early days of the Seven Years War. ROBERT SILVERBERG spins an enthralling tale of Majipoor’s early history and remote future as seen through the eyes of a dilettantish poet who discovers an unexpected destiny in The Book of Changes. TAD WILLIAMS explores the strange afterlife of Orlando Gardiner, from his Otherland saga, in The Happiest Dead Boy in the World. ANNE McCAFFREY shines a light into the most mysterious and wondrous of all places on Pern in the heartwarming Beyond Between. RAYMOND E. FEIST turns from the great battles of the Riftwar to the story of one soldier, a young man about to embark on the ride of his life, in The Messenger. ELIZABETH HAYDON tells of the destruction of Serendair and the fate of its last defenders in Threshold, set at the end of the Third Age of her Symphony of Ages series. NEIL GAIMAN gives us a glimpse into what befalls the man called Shadow after the events of his Hugo Award winning novel American Gods in The Monarch of the Glen. TERRY BROOKS adds an exciting epilogue to The Wishsong of Shannara in Indomitable, the tale of Jair Ohmsford s desperate quest to complete the destruction of the evil Ildatch…
armed only with the magic of illusion. From the Hardcover edition.

Legends 3

Legends, the landmark series of unabridged fantasy audio, continues with this latest collection of the genre’s most popular authors, spinning all new adventures set in the fantastic worlds they created in their best selling series. In this astonishing third volume, Terry Goodkind’s Debt of Bones, tells of the origin of the border between the warring realms in his The Sword of Truth series. Ursula K. Le Guin, in a sequel to her famous books of Earthsea, portrays a woman who wants to learn the divine secrets of magic in Dragonfly. And Tad Williams tells a dark and enthralling tale of a great and haunted castle in an age before Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn in The Burning Man. The Legends series spans four audio volumes and includes unabridged short novels from the greatest living writers in all fantasy. Look for other Legends volumes with stories from: Stephen King, Robert Silverberg, Robert Jordan, Terry Pratchett, Orson Scott Card, Anne McCaffrey, George R.R. Martin and Raymond E. Feist. Terry Goodkind’s first novel, Wizard’s First Rule, established him immediately as a major voice on the epic fantasy scene. The Sword of Truth series includes Stone of Tears, Blood of the Fold, and most recently, Temple of the Winds. Ursula K. Le Guin’s award winning body of work features such acclaimed classics as The Left Hand of Darkness, The Lathe of Heaven, and The Dispossessed. Tad Williams’s Memory, Sorrow and Thorn trilogy includes The Dragonbone Chair, Stone of Farewell, and To Green Angel Tower. Sam Tsoutsouvas performs Debt of Bones. Kathryn Walker performs Dragonfly. Frank Muller performs The Burning Man. Volume Four, coming in April 1999, includes Pern: Runner of Pern by Anne McCaffrey, performed by Kathryn Walker, The Riftwar Saga: The Wood Boy by George R.R. Martin, performed by Sam Tsoutsouvas and A Song of Ice and Fire: The Hedge Knight by Raymond E. Feist, performed by Frank Muller.

Sorcerers of Majipoor

The Long Awaited Prequel! A thousand years before Lord Valentine, the Majipoor Cycle explores another grand epic in a world conceived on a truly epic scale. On the planet Majipoor, it is a time of great change. The aged Pontifex Prankipin, who brought sorcery and prosperity to the Fifty Cities of Castle Mount, is dying. The Coronal Lord Confalume, who will become Pontifex, begins the Funeral Games before his own replacement is chosen. It is no secret that the next Coronal will be Prince Prestimion. By law and custom, the blood son of the present Coronal, Korsibar, an avid hunter’cannot rule. But Korsibar has a secret quarry’the Starburst Crown. Visited by an oracle, Korsibar has heard a prophecy that will plunge the planet into a fearsome conflagration and alter destiny itself: ‘You will shake the world!’Outstanding Praise for The Majipoor Cycle’Plotted like a Shakespearian play…
. With a brand new cast of characters and engaging conflicts of heart and soul, Silverberg’one of the world’s finest stylists and storytellers’breathes fresh life and quality into sci fi’s sister genre.’ ‘San Antonio Express News’ ‘Boasting Machiavellian plot twists, underhanded and power hungry backstabbers, and plenty of literary allusions, Sorcerers of Majipoor serves as a fine historical foundation for a wondrous world. Readers, both old and new, will want to accompany him in exploring this treasure trove of imagination.’ Des Moines IA Sunday Register’Silverberg has created a big planet, chock a block with life and potential stories.’ ‘The Washington Post’ ‘There are two things that abide: absolute awe at Silverberg’s capacity for creating images…
he makes yousee, believe, be there witnessing…
and the overarching compassion that colors every word and all the souls in his enormous planet.’ ‘Los Angeles Times’ ‘I was happy to visit Majipoor again, and to know there’s room on that great and grand world for even more events to be chronicled.’ ‘Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine’ ‘A grand picaresque tale by one of the great storytellers of the century.’ Roger Zelazny

Lord Prestimion

King of the world! Prestimion is Coronal Lord of Majipoor. The Starburst Crown is his at last. The 30,000 rooms of the castle are crammed with eager guests and exotic gifts from the farthest corners of the largest and most wondrous planet in all the galaxy. Jubilation not unmixed with greed and lust sweeps through the Fifty Cities, which crowd the heights of the thirty five mile high Castle Mount. The coronation, its solemn ceremonies and bawdy delights, are Prestimion’s to savor. Even love is possible again a love that might replace the soaring passion he once knew. So why is he so sad? From whence this emptiness that darkens his soul like night? Prestimion is burdened with a great secret, perhaps the greatest ever known. For he gained the throne through a bloody civil war, which stained the rivers crimson and strewed the fields with severed limbs. And yet it is a war no one remembers! Prestimion swore an oath after his victory at Thegomar Edge. The war had left a scar upon the world a scar he vowed to heal. With a phalanx of sorcerers, he invoked the awesome Spell of Oblivion and dropped it over his ravaged people like a cloak. Forgotten were the betrayals of Korsibar, the intrigues of the two headed Su Suheris, and the slaughter wrought by Dantirya Sambail at Mavestoi. It was as though the war had never been. Only Prestimion and two of his surviving comrades in arms remembered anything happened at all. So how can Prestimion, now Coronal Lord of Majipoor, account for the devastation that still lies upon the land? How can he mourn the fallen sons and brothers who never died because they never existed? And most troubling, how can he bring to justice the kinsman who languishes in the dungeon because no one remembers his unforgivable crime? Yet in this, his hour of triumph, Prestimion faces a rebellion far more insidious than war. When something, even sorrow, is taken away, something else rushes in to fill the void. In this case it is a global madness: a twisted violence that no ruler can control, no kingdom can keep away, and no love can long survive

The King of Dreams

The years since first be gained the Starburst Crown have been difficult ones for Coronal Lord Prestimion and the vast, unfathoniable realm he rules. But finally peace has been restored to Majipoor. And now it is time for Prestimion to name the able Prince Dekkeret his succeeding Coronal and to descend to the Labyrinth as Pontifex. But a power from a dark past that both men believed was dead is stirring once again an evil more potent and devastating than either leader dares to remember. Once, decades past, a then knight initiate Dekkeret had his dreams stolen from him. His quest for recovery led him to a remarkable helmetthat could invade the psyches of sleeping foes, a device the newly anointed Coronal Prestimion later utilized to defeat his enemy Dantirya Sambail, tyrant of the continent Zimroel. In the fires of civil war, the terrible weapon was destroyed forever or so it was believed. The noxious weed of rebellion was torn out at its roots but its seeds have borne frightening fruit. Dantirya Sambail is dead, and the hungry jackals who ran at his heels now scheme to recover his lost lands and power. At their head is the tyrant’s former henchman Mandralisca a villain of great wiles and icy heart, who somehow has unleashed a devastating plague of the mind upon Prestimion’s subjects, Dark visions are invading the sleep of those loyal to the Lords and the Lady of Majipoor soul shattering scenes of madness and monstrosity, driving those inflicted to commit horrible, destructive acts. And the dark wave is flowing ever closer to the throne, seeping beneath the doors of the 30,000 rooms of the towering edifice atop Castle Mount…
and into sacrosanct depths of the imperial Labyrinth itself.A new campaign for the soul of Majipoor has been declared and its catastrophic opening salvos have been fired in silence and in mystery. Once again Prestimion and Dekkeret have been called onto the battlefield of nightmare. But this time it will be a war to the death against a foe greater than all who came before: the master of murderous shadows who aspires to be King of all.

Lord Valentine’s Castle

The national bestselling saga from the stunning imagination of Robert Silverberg continues in the first new hardcover Majipoor novel in nearly a decade. As a prequel to Silverberg’s earlier Majipoor novels. Sorcerers of Majipoor provides a deep, dark vision for the background of the conflict inLord Valentine’s Castle and Valentine Pontifex. Treachery and wizardry run rampant under the reign of the mighty Pontifex, as both the rightful and the unworthy heirs to the throne anxiously await his demise. Korsibar, son of the current Coronal, plots with his twin sister and ambitious companions to seize the power of the Coronal when his father ascends to the throne of the Pontifex. But the burdens of the crown and scepter exact a higher price than Korsibar is prepared to pay. His rival fights to take his appointed place as keeper of his beloved Majipoor…
and to restore order to the utter chaos that has befallen their world.’Silverberg has created a big planet, chock a block with life and potential…
.’ The Washington Post

Majipoor Chronicles

The national bestselling saga of Robert Silverberg’s stunning imagination continues in the first new hardcover Majipoor novel in nearly a decade. As a prequel to Silverberg’s earlier Majipoor novels. Sorcerers of Majipoor provides a deep, dark vision for the background of the conflict inLord Valentine’s Castle and Valentine Pontifex. Treachery and wizardry run rampant under the reign of the mighty Pontifex, as both the rightful and the unworthy heirs to the throne anxiously await his demise. Korsibar, son of the current Coronal, plots with his twin sister and ambitious companions to seize the power of the Coronal when his father ascends to the throne of the Pontifex. But the burdens of the crown and scepter exact more of a price than Korsibar is prepared to pay. His rival fights to take his appointed place as keeper of his beloved Majipoor…
and to resbackse order to the utter chaos that has befallen their world.’Silverberg has created a big planet, chock a block with life and potential sbacksies.’ The Washing Post

Valentine Pontifex

The national bestselling saga of Robert Silverberg’s stunning imagination continues in the first new hardcover Majipoor novel in nearly a decade. As a prequel to Silverberg’s earlier Majipoor novels. Sorcerers of Majipoor provides a deep, dark vision for the background of the conflict inLord Valentine’s Castle and Valentine Pontifex. Treachery and wizardry run rampant under the reign of the mighty Pontifex, as both the rightful and the unworthy heirs to the throne anxiously await his demise. Korsibar, son of the current Coronal, plots with his twin sister and ambitious companions to seize the power of the Coronal when his father ascends to the throne of the Pontifex. But the burdens of the crown and scepter exact more of a price than Korsibar is prepared to pay. His rival fights to take his appointed place as keeper of his beloved Majipoor…
and to resbackse order to the utter chaos that has befallen their world.

The Mountains of Majipoor

Facing blizzards, ice storms, and strange beasts on a mission to the frozen tundra, Prince Harpirias attempts to rescue a party of scientists who have been kidnapped by an uncivilized race from beyond Majipoor.

The Legacy of Lehr (By:Katherine Kurtz)

When four large blue cats with psychic powers come aboard an interstellar luxury cruiser, a rash of murders breaks out.

Chess With A Dragon (By:David Gerrold)

Humanity tries to escape enslavement by intergalactic aliens.

A Dark Traveling (By:Roger Zelazny)

When a scientist learns that aliens in a parallel world are waging a secret war against the Earth, he disappears into that world and his children set out to find him.

Project Pendulum

Twins become involved in an experiment in time travel.

A Place of Silver Silence (By:Ardath Mayhar)

Ten year old Andraia fights with the government not to destroy the planet where she is working alone, because of an intelligent life form she has discovered there.

The Homecoming (By:Barry B. Longyear)

Inhabitants of Earth from seventy million years ago return to reclaim their planet. A struggling advertising man doin his six month reserve call up duty for the Air Force is sent to negotiate for the future existence of a newly evolved species: humanity.

At Winter’s End

From the Five Time Nebula Award Winner Seven thousand centuries ago, falling death stars unleashed fiery apocalyptic destruction on Earth and inaugurated the Long Winter. One small band of People took refuge in an underground cocoon where they and their descendants waited for the time of ice to end. Now their long winter is over. Prophecy and circumstance urge the tribe out into the half forgotten world beyond their safe cocoon. Led by their chieftain Koshmar, the tribe journeys to the city of Vengiboneeza, where the prophecy of the gods says they are to rule. On their way the tribe discovers the dangers and wonders of life in the New Springtime. In the face of new temptations and peril, Koshmar and her lover, the priestess Torlyri, struggle to keep the People united and fulfill the prophecy. For soon they will be beset by other trials, as other beings seek to fulfill their own prophecies. Robert Silverberg provides an introduction exclusive to this Bison Books edition.

The Queen of Springtime / The New Springtime

From the Five Time Nebula Award Winner The death stars that brought the apocalyptic destruction on Earth seven hundred thousand years before have stopped falling, and Earth has begun to renew itself. The Long Winter that held the human tribes in their cocoons beneath the ground is over, and the People are spreading rapidly across the newly fertile land. The Queen of Springtime continues the chronicles of the People’s reclamation of Earth begun in the first volume, At Winter s End. The human tribes struggle to fulfill their destiny as rulers of Earth, but they find the seats of power already occupied. The hjjks, the somber, cold eyed insect folk, never retreated, even at the time of greatest chill. The world fell to them by default, and they have been its sole masters for seven hundred thousand years. The Queen of Springtime follows the struggle between these dissimilar beings to establish dominance in the newly emerging world. Exclusive to this Bison Books edition, Robert Silverberg provides an introduction and a synopsis of the unwritten concluding volume of The New Springtime trilogy. Appearing for the first time in print, The Summer of Homecoming outline reveals the fates, two hundred years later, of the heroes and their world that were introduced in At Winter s End and The Queen of Springtime.

Master of Life and Death

‘Global overcrowding, a new immortality serum and an unfriendly alien ambassador are only a few of the problems confronting Roy Walton, government’s new Master of Life and Death in Robert Silverberg’s early and accomplished novel. Praised by a distinguished critic, Anthony Boucher, for ‘its complete clarity and narrative drive’ the novel retains its power today.’

Invaders from Earth

Like Pohl and Kornbluth’s SPACE MERCHANTS this is a novel of sophisticated government deception in the near future, an exploration of political corruption. Written in 1957 when Silverberg was 22, the novel is cynical and highly suspenseful. Silverberg, long recognized as a great science fiction writer, is a multiple award winner.

The Planet Killers

In The Planet Killers, the Security Computers of Earth Central determine that the frontier world of Lurion will launch an all out attack on Earth in 67 years, sending Agent Roy Gardner to the rough and tumble planet to ensure that doesn’t happen even if it means blowing Lurion to interstellar dust! In The Plot Against Earth, agent Lloyd Catton must work with skeptical, suspicious alien agents to bust a hypnojewel racket, unveiling a multi planet conspiracy threatening the Earth itself! In One of Our Asteroids is Missing, independent miner John Storm discovers an impossible asteroid rich with fabulously valuable metals and minerals, only to find his claim stolen, along with all computer records indicating that he had ever existed! Never before reprinted since their original appearances and with a new introduction by the author, these three novels of science fiction adventure blaze back onto the scene, revealing early masterworks of one of the genre’s most gifted and celebrated storytellers!

Starman’s Quest

The Lexman Spacedrive gave man the stars but at a fantastic price. Interstellar exploration, colonization, and trade became things of reality. The benefits to Earth were enormous. But because of the Fitzgerald Contraction, a man who shipped out to space could never live a normal life on Earth again. Travelling at speeds close to that of light, spacemen lived at an accelerated pace. A nine year trip to Alpha Centauri and back seemed to take only six weeks to men on a spaceship. When they returned, their friends and relatives had aged enormously in comparison, old customs had changed, even the language was different. Alan was a spacer, just like his whole family until, suddenly and without intending to, he in turn jumped ship and remained on Earth! There were times he regretted that. Earth was a bewildering and utterly hostile place. To stay alive, he had to play a ruthless game and he couldn’t even find anyone to tell him the rules…
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The Gate of Worlds

In this alternate history novel, the Bubonic Plague sets the stage for a world where the West is powerless. After the Black Death has wiped out most of the European population, there is little defense against Turkish invasion and expansion, and by the 1980s, the major world powers are the Russians, the Turks, the Aztecs, the Incas, and the Japanese. However, the Turks have lost much of their territory, leaving England to self rule in a delayed Industrial Revolution. Dan Beauchamp, a young Englishman whose heart longs for fortune and adventure, travels to industrial Mexico and discovers that he has a lot to learn. From the city of London better known as New Istanbul to the untamed wilderness of North America, here is a high adventure in an alternate history that is not to be missed.

The Masks of Time / Vornan-19

Vornan 19 fell from the sky, naked, and landed on the Spanish steps in Rome on Christmas afternoon toward the end of the Millennium. And for Leo Garfield things would never be the same. For he is an acknowledged expert in the time reversal properties of sub atomic particles…
and Vornan 19 claims to come from far in the future. Whether or not he is telling the truth, a nervous and edgy world accepts the charming and magnetically charismatic Vornan as some kind of messiah. Even Garfield and his fellow scientists fall under Vornan’s spell. But, has he really traveled across time or is he just a charlatan and a fraud? A compassionate and powerful novel worthy of comparison to Stranger in a Strange Land.

The Man in the Maze

Science Fiction. ‘At the dawn of man’s galactic journeys, he was Earth’s first ambassador to Beta Hydra IV. But something about his brain emanations so repulsed the Hydrans they altered his mind to radiate an aura that would soothe them and make him anathema to human beings. Embittered, he fled to a distant planet to live out his days in utter isolation in an abandoned city of terrifying labyrinths. Then, Earth launched an expedition to penetrate his maze like citadel, and convince him to undertake a vital mission for precisely that thing which made him an outcast, now made him a savior!’

Nightwings

A fabulous tale of pilgrimage and hope, betrayal and transformation by one of science fiction’s greatest writers. Only at night on the winds of darkness can she soar. And it was Avluela the Flier’s ebony and scarlet wings that lead the Watcher to the seven hills of the ancient city from which, in a moment of weakness, the Watcher failed his vigil, leaving the skies and deep space unguarded. The invaders came and conquered. With Avluela lost in the turmoil of conquest, the Watcher set out alone for the Holy City home of the Rememberers, keepers of the past. This is where the secret of Earth’s salvation lay hidden in antiquity. On his journey the Watcher hoped to recapture his youth and find the soaring, beautiful woman he loved. But Avluela held more for the Watcher and Earth than love. Her wonder stretched beyond flight, for she knew the riddle that would free all men…

Up the Line

Being a Time Courier was one of the best jobs Judson Daniel Elliott III ever had. It was tricky, though, taking group after group of tourists back to the same historic event without meeting yourself coming or going. Trickier still was avoiding the temptation to become intimately involved with the past and interfere with events to come. The deterrents for any such actions were frighteningly effective. So Judson Daniel Elliott played by the book. Then he met a lusty Greek in Byzantium who showed him how rules were made to be broken!

Downward to the Earth

One man must make a journey across a once colonised alien planet. Abandoned by man when it was discovered that the species there were actually sentient, the planet is now a place of mystery. A mystery that obsesses the lone traveller Gundersen and takes him on a long trek to attempt to share the religious rebirthing of the aliens. A journey that offers redemption from guilt and sin. This is one of Silverbergs most intense novels and draws heavily on Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. It puts the reader at the heart of the experience and forces them to ask what they would do in the circumstances.

The World Inside

Welcome to Urban Monad 116. Reaching nearly two miles into the sky, the one thousand stories of this building are home to over eight hundred thousand people living in peace and harmony. In the year 2381 with a world population of over seventy five billion souls, the massive Urbmon system is humanity’s salvation. Life in Urbmon 116 is highly regulated, life is cherished, and the culture of procreation is seen as the highest pinnacle of god s plan. Conflict is abhorred, and any who disturb the peace face harsh punishment even being sent down the chute to be recycled as fertilizer. Jason Quevedo, a historian, searches records of the twentieth century hoping to find the root of his discontent with the perfection of Urbmon life. Siegmund Kluver, a young and ambitious administrator, strives to reach the top levels of the Urbmon s government and discovers the civilization s dark truths. Michael Statler, a computer engineer, harbors a forbidden desire. He dreams of leaving the building of walking in the open air and visiting the far off sea. This is a dream he must keep secret. If anyone were to find out, he d face the worst punishment imaginable. The World Inside is a fascinating exploration of society and what makes us human, told by a master of speculative fiction. The World Inside is a 1971 Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novella.

A Time of Changes

In the far future, Earth is a worn out backwater and humanity is spread across the galaxy on worlds that began as colonies, but now feel like home, each with its own long history of a thousand years or more, and each with its own unique culture. One of the strangest is on Borthan, where the founding settlers established the Covenant, which teaches that the self is to be despised, and forbids anyone to reveal his innermost thoughts or feelings to another. On Borthan, the filthiest obscenities imaginable are the words I and me. For the heinous crime of self baring, apostates have always paid with exile or death, but after his eyes are opened by a visitor from Earth, Kinnall Darival, prince of Salla, risks everything to teach his people the real meaning of being human. With a new introduction by the author, and the first ever map of Borthan, this classic, out of print since 1992, is a fantastic new addition to the Orb imprint.

Son of Man

Clay is a man from the 20th Century who is somehow caught up in a time flux and transported into a distant future. The earth and the life on it have changed beyond recognition. Even the human race has evolved into many different forms, now co existing on the planet. The seemingly omnipotent Skimmers, the tyrannosaur like Eaters, the sedentary Awaiters, the squid like Breathers, the Interceders, the Destroyers all of these are ‘Sons of Man’. Befriended and besexed by the Skimmers, Clay goes on a journey which takes him around the future earth and into the depths of his own soul. He is human, but what does that mean?

Dying Inside

In 1972, Robert Silverberg, even then an acknowledged leader in the science fiction field, published a book that was immediately hailed as a masterpiece. More than three decades later, Dying Inside has stood the test of time and has been recognized as one of the finest novels the field has ever produced. Never wasting a word, Silverberg persuasively shows us what it would be like to read minds, painting an unforgettable portrait of a man shaped by that unique power; a power he is now inexorably losing.

Acclaimed upon first publication by SF critics and mainstream reviewers alike, Dying Inside is overdue for reintroduction to today’s SF audience. This is a novel for everyone who appreciates deeply affecting characterization, imaginative power, and the irreplaceable perspective unique to speculative fiction of the highest order.

The Book of Skulls

Seeking the immortality promised in an ancient manuscript, The Book of Skulls, four friends, college roommates, go on a spring break trip to Arizona: Eli, the scholar, who found and translated the book; Timothy, scion of an American dynasty, born and bred to lead; Ned, poet and cynic; and Oliver, the brilliant farm boy obsessed with death. Somewhere in the desert lies the House of Skulls, where a mystic brotherhood guards the secret of eternal life. There, the four aspirants will present themselves and a horrific price will be demanded. For immortality requires sacrifice. Two victims to balance two survivors. One by suicide, one by murder. Now, beneath the gaze of grinning skulls, the terror begins…
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The Stochastic Man

In a not too distant future, the assassination of an all powerful New York City Mayor has plunged the five boroughs back into a dangerous cesspool of crime, drugs, and prostitution. Professional prognosticator Lew Nichols joins the campaign team of a fast rising politico running for the city’s top office, and is introduced to a man who privately admits to being able to view glimpses of the future. Lew becomes obsessed with capturing the man’s gift and putting it to use for his candidate, but struggles to accept the strict terms he arranges with his mentor…
and the unforgiving predetermination of the future. Hugo Award Nominee, John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee, Nebula Award Nominee

Shadrach in the Furnace

In the twenty first century, a battered world is ruled by a crafty old tyrant, Genghis II Mao IV Khan. The Khan is ninety three years old, his life systems sustained by the skill of Mordecai Shadrach, a brilliant young surgeon whose chief function is to replace the Khan’s worn out organs. Within the vast tower complex, the most advanced equipment is dedicated to three top priority projects, each designed to keep the Khan immortal. Most sinister of these is Project Avatar, by which the Khan s mind and persona are to be transferred to a younger body.
Shadrach makes the unsettling discovery that it is his body that is to be used. His friends beg him to flee, but he refuses to panic. Instead, and with startling composure, he evolves a dangerous plan that could change the face of the earth or, if it backfires, mean the end of life.
Shadrach in the Furnace is at once a broad, sweeping novel and a harsh, abrasive, irreverent book about a life and death battle between two titans one the epitome of evil, the other a paragon of idealism in a society pushed to extremes. 20080325

Tom O’Bedlam

‘I know more than Apollo Fort oft when he lies sleeping I behold the starts at mortal wars And the wounded wekin weeping.’ Tom O’ Bedlam’s song Tom, like the medieval Tom O’Bedlam, can’t decipher the meaning of the images plaguing his mind. Much like the wondering and mad Tom of the medieval ballad, the Tom O’ Bedlam of 2103 doesn’t know what to make of the images that keep cluttering his mind. To preserve the last shred of his sanity and keep these never ending wonders a secret, he feigns insanity. But then a probe that has traveled over four light years away transmits the very pictures that have been haunting Tom’s dreams. In this post industrial world on the verge of a total collapse, Tom has become humanity’s spokesperson to the distant planet that may be his world’s salvation.

Sailing to Byzantium

FIRST EDITION The world’s most distinguished author of the literature of the fantastic presents his most extraordinary stories of worlds lost and dreams fulfilled…
In his illustrious forty five year career as a novelist and author of short fiction, Robert Silverberg has belonged in the company of the best writers of the 20th century. His writing has been compared to Conrad, Huxley, and Orwell. In this definitive collection Silverberg presents the novellas that have won him multiple Hugo and Nebula Award nominations, including his Nebula Award winning achievement, ‘Sailing to Byzantium.’ Here are the virtuoso performances of the third phase of Silverberg’s astounding career: the Nebula Award nominee ‘Homefaring’; the Hugo Award nominee ‘The Secret Sharer’; ‘Thomas The Proclaimer’ and ‘We Are For The Dark.’ If you are a lover of Silverberg’s work or are simply looking for a place to begin a relationship with the literature of science fiction and fantasy, this is the place to start.

Star of Gypsies

Yakoub was once the legendary King of the Rom, the Gypsy race that has evolved from the days of caravans into lords of the spaceways the only pilots capable of steering ships safely between the many worlds of the Galaxy. Weary and proud, Yakoub has relinquished his power and lives in exile on a distant, icy world. In his absence, chaos fills the vacuum of power. The fate of the entire Galactic Empire hangs in the balance. Yakoub must journey across the cosmos and fight to regain his throne. Only then can he fulfill his dream to return his people to their ancestral home of Romany Star. The Rom need the Yakoub of legend once more. Can the once mighty King overcome time and tyranny and inspire his people in their darkest hour?

Nightfall (With: Isaac Asimov)

These two renowned writers have invented a world not unlike our own a world on the edge of chaos, torn between the madness of religious fanaticism and the stubborn denial of scientists. Only a handful of people on the planet Lagash are prepared to face the truth that their six suns are setting all at once for the first time in 2,000 years, signaling the end of civilization!.

The Ugly Little Boy (With: Isaac Asimov)

Plucked out of the past and transported forty thousand years into the future, a Neanderthal child discovers that human nature has remained unchanged, in an expanded version of an original Asimov story published in 1958.

Kingdoms of the Wall

Poilar and his childhood friend Traiben traverse the mysterious Kingdoms and blasted landscapes, braving ghosts and monstrous apparitions to reach the summit of Kosa Saag and to discover the secret of the gods.

The Positronic Man (With: Isaac Asimov)

Andrew Martin, a standard housekeeping robot, allows the unique capabilities of his experimental brain to lead him to become an artist, businessman, and crusader, in a novel based on Asimov’s short story, ”The Bicentennial Man.”

Hot Sky at Midnight

Humankind’s soul is at stake in a futuristic tale of an earth bordering on ecological collapse, from which the only escapes are genetic adaptation or emigration to satellite cities in the sky. By the author of Kingdoms of the Wall.

The Realm of Prester John

The famous science fiction writer pieces together the life history of the myth of Prester John, the Christian potentate of the East, Emperor of Ethiopia…
a romantic and fabulous tale ‘As exotic and complex as a mosaic in a Coptic chapel’ San Francisco Chronicle.

The Alien Years

It Was The Worst of Times…
Fifteen feet tall, the Entities land in cities across Earth. Ignoring humankind, they wall themselves in impenetrable enclaves, enslaving a few willing collaborators with their telepathic PUSH. Then they plunge humans into a new Dark Age without electricity, allowing us to live but no longer as a dominant species. But a few refuse to submit to fate, including the Carmichael family, whose patriarch, an aging colonel devoted to resistance, will inspire a daring new generation of dissidents. United in spirit, these diverse rebels an aging hippie, a cold blooded Muslim assassin, a prodigal son, and a renegade hacker will carry on the colonel’s legacy as they attempt to kill the mysterious Prime Entity and free the planet.

Shadow on the Stars

A THRILLING ADVENTURE that ranges across time and space, pitting one man against a invading alien horde that threatens a colony world, and against a hidden conspiracy to conquer Earth. Blair Ewing must battle Klondi hordes, Sirian plotters, the forces of history, and the nature of time itself. It’s a lot to ask of one man but supposing there were more than one? This classic early Silverberg novel folds an exploration of time travel paradoxes into the story of one man’s fight to save two worlds at once.

The Longest Way Home

While visiting a noble’s house, Joseph, scion of the great House Keilloran, gets trapped behind enemy lines when a rebel uprising explodes around him. Now he must begin a solitary odyssey across thousands of miles of hostile land, populated by a plethora of alien creatures. Between there and home is a civil strife that is tearing apart his world.

Roma Eterna

What if the Empire never crumbled and the Eternal City reigned supreme for thousands of years? No power on Earth can resist the might of Imperial Rome, so has it been and so it ever shall be. Through brute force, terror, and sheer indomitable will, her armies have enslaved a world, crushing all who would oppose her in her divine mission of total domination. From the reign of Maximilianus the Great in A.U.C. 1203 onward, Rome thrives through the myriad bloody intrigues and corrupt sovereignties that would doom a lesser state. Upstarts and enemies arise and fall, ground beneath merciless Roman boot heels: the prophet Mohammad murdered before his influence can take root; the Mayans in Mexico cruelly subjugated by the invading hordes of the Emperor Trajan VII on their first voyage of circumnavigation. So it is and so it ever shall be into a new age of scientific advancement and astounding technologies. Throughout the many centuries of Roman rule, one people have suffered and bled…
and endured. In the year A.U.C. 2723, at last a faint hope has been born with the advent of a miraculous new industry. For an intrepid band of those who are called Hebrews, the day is coming when the heavens themselves will be opened to them, and escape from Rome’s eternal oppression may finally be possible as the ships are prepared in secret that will carry the enslaved on their ‘Great Exodus’ to the stars. A crowning achievement in a majestic career that has already spanned six decades, Robert Silverberg’s Roma Eterna is a triumph of the imagination that reveals the acclaimed author at the breathtaking peak of his narrative powers.

House of Bones

Marooned 20,000 years from home, in Paleolithic Eastern Europe, a West Point man is assigned a mission by his adopted tribe for which he has not been trained. He must find and take the Scavenger Folk man that has been lurking near the village. Science fiction grand master, Robert Silverberg, is at the top of his form in this sly and endearing story.

Secret Sharers

Twenty four stories are included in this ambitious collection of Silverberg’s work, each with an introduction by the author recollecting the time and place in which they were conceived. Winner of five Nebula Awards and four Hugos, Silverberg is one of the undisputed masters of science fiction.

The Last Song of Orpheus

In the course of his extraordinary and prolific career, Robert Silverberg has made an enormous contribution to imaginative literature. In The Last Song of Orpheus, his longest story in more than a decade, Silverberg has given us one of his most remarkable accomplishments, a resonant recreation of one of the central myths of western civilization. In this mesmerizing narrative, Orpheus wanderer, demigod, and master musician recounts his own astonishing story. That story ranges from the depths of the Underworld, where he attempts to rescue his beloved but doomed Eurydice, to the farthest, most dangerous corners of the ancient world, where he journeys in search of the legendary Golden Fleece. It is a tale of men and gods, of miraculous encounters, of the binding power of inescapable Fate. More than that, it is a meditation on the power of the creative spirit, and on the eternal human search for balance and harmony in a chaotic universe. Beautifully constructed and masterfully written, The Last Song of Orpheus is Silverberg at his incomparable best, showing us a deeply familiar series of scenes, themes, and characters from a fresh, wholly original perspective.

Born with the Dead

His wife was among the rekindled dead now. He’d heard that she was on a plane to Zanzibar with five other rekindled dead. As a ‘warm’ he was not really allowed to make contact with her. The dead liked to stay in their cold cities. But he’d loved her so much when she was alive, he just had to try. Science Fiction Hall of Fame Pick, Nebula AwardR Winner, Locus Poll Award Winner, Hugo Award Nominee

Capricorn Games

A woman attends a very strange party that includes a billionaire, a mind reader, a Byzantine Duke, and a man who has lived 1000 years, from whom she tries to find the secret to a long life.

The Best of Robert Silverberg

Collection of 10 stories: ‘Road to Nightfall,’ ‘Warm Man,’ ‘To See the Invisible Man,’ ‘The Sixth Palace,’ ‘Flies,’ ‘Hawksbill Station’ 1967 Nebula finalist, 1968 Hugo finalist, best novella, ‘Passengers’ 1969 Nebula winner, 1970 Hugo finalist, best short story, ‘Nightwings’ 1969 Hugo winner, 1968 Nebula finalist, best novella, ‘Sundance,’ ‘Good News from the Vatican’ 1971 Nebula winner, best short story.

Phases of the Moon: Stories from Six Decades

Now ibooks proudly presents a collection of Silverberg’s best short fiction, as selected by the author. The 1950s: The Road to Nightfall, The Macauley Circuit, Sunrise on Mercury, Warm Man. The 1960s: To See the Invisible Man, Flies, Passengers, Nightwings, Sundance. The 1970s: Good News from the Vatican, Capricorn Games, Born with the Dead, Schwartz Between the Galaxies. The 1980s: The Far Side of the Bell Shaped Curve, The Pope of the Chimps, Needle in a Timestack, Sailing to Byzantium, Enter a Soldier. Later, Enter Another. The 1990s: Hunters in the Forest, Death Do Us Part, Beauty in the Night. The 2000s: The Millennium Express, With Caesar in the Underworld.

To the Dark Star

This story, ‘To See the Invisible Man,’ written in June of 1962, marks the beginning of my real career as a science fiction writer, I think. The 1953 58 stories collected in To Be Continued, the first of this series of volumes, are respectable professional work, some better than others but all of them at least minimally acceptable but most of them could have been written by just about anyone. Aside from a few particularly ambitious items, they were designed to slip unobtrusively into the magazines of their time, efficiently providing me with regular paychecks. But now, by freeing me from the need to calculate my way around the risk of rejection, Fred Pohl allowed indeed, required me to reach as deep into my literary resources as I was capable of doing. I knew that unless I gave him my very best, the wonderful guaranteed sale deal I had with him would vanish as quickly as it had appeared. Therefore I would reach deeper and deeper, in the years ahead, until I had moved so far away from my youthful career as a hack writer that latecomers would find it hard to believe that I had been emotionally capable of writing all that junk, let alone willing to do it. In ‘To See the Invisible Man’ the distinctive Silverberg fictional voice is on display for just about the first time. Robert Silverberg

Something Wild is Loose

The world that these stories sprang from was the troubled, bewildering, dangerous, and very exciting world of those weird years when the barriers were down and the future was rushing into the present with the force of a river unleashed. But of course I think these stories speak to our times, too, and that most of them will remain valid as we go staggering onward through the brave new world of the twenty first century. I am not one of those who believes that all is lost and the end is nigh. Like William Faulkner, I do think we will somehow endure and prevail against increasingly stiff odds.

A great many strange and dizzying things happen to the characters in these sixteen stories, and in the fourteen stories of the 1972 73 volume that will follow. The reader who makes the journey from beginning to end of all thirty stories will be taken on many a curious trip, that I promise as was their author during the years when they were being written.
Robert Silverberg, from the Introduction

Trips

The stories here, all of them written between March of 1972 and November of 1973, mark a critical turning point in my career. Those who know the three earlier volumes have traced my evolution from a capable journeyman, very young and as much concerned with paying the rent as he was to advancing the state of the art, into a serious, dedicated craftsman now seeking to leave his mark on science fiction in some significant way. Throughout the decade of the 1960s I had attempted to grow and evolve within the field of writing I loved building on the best that went before me, the work of Theodore Sturgeon and James Blish and Cyril Kornbluth and Jack Vance and Philip K. Dick and half a dozen others whose great stories had been beacons beckoning me onward and then, as I reached my own maturity, now trying to bring science fiction along with me into a new realm of development, hauling it along even farther out of its pulp magazine origins toward what I regarded as a more resonant and evocative kind of visionary storytelling.

Robert Silverberg, from his introduction

The Palace at Midnight

Somehow, for all my outward pretence of cold eyed professionalism, all my insistence that writing is simply a job like any other, I’ve discovered to my surprise and chagrin that there’s more than that going on around here, that I write as much out of karmic necessity and some inescapable inner need to rededicate my own skills constantly to my what? My craft? My art? My profession? I wrote these stories because the only way of earning a living I have ever had has been by writing, but mainly, I have to admit, I wrote these stories because I couldn’t not write them. Well, so be it. They involved me in a lot of hard work, but for me, at least, the results justify the toil. I’m glad I wrote them. Writing them, it turns out, was important for me, and even pleasurable, in a curiously complex after the fact kind of way. May they give you pleasure now too. Robert Silverberg, from his Introduction

The Seventh Shrine (With: Sean Jordan)

A grisly murder has taken place in the ruins of an ancient city on the peaceful world of Majipoor and the Pontifex Valentine has arrived to investigate the crime. But as Valentine and his companions delve deeper into the mystery, they discover that these ruins contain secrets much deeper than anyone ever knew…
and that the indigenous Metamorphs are holding back information related to their own dark history. Can Valentine and his friends locate the murderer…
or did the violent act have something to do with a ritual sacrifice related to the fabled Seventh Shrine?

First American into Space

Here is the spine tingling, true story of that first American blast into the realm of the stars, of the men who underwent rigorous training for that epic mission, and of the one man who made the safe journey. This is the factual account of the history of rocketry, its triumphs and its failures, our shame in the neglect of it, and our pride in its later accomplishments. Here, too, is a glimpse into the future, as only science fiction writer Robert Silverberg could foresee: orbiting space stations, a man on the moon, and more!

Scientists and Scoundrels

As if history and nature had not provided wonders enough, through the ages humans themselves have contrived more marvels to deceive one another. Sometimes they have concocted evidence when none was available to prove pet theories; sometimes their intention has been to impress or defraud; sometimes they have acted merely for sport. Robert Silverberg tells the stories of a baker’s dozen of these scientific hoaxers in a lively, good-humored book that ranges through time and across continents. Here are perpetual-motion machines and space rockets, men on the moon and serpents in the sea. The rogues’ gallery is a varied one: Dr. Mesmer, who cast his hypnotic spell on eighteenth-century Paris; Charles Dawson, whose Piltdown Man challenged evolution; Dr. Cook, with his tale of ‘discovering’ the North Pole; and many others. These are fascinating stories and more than just entertainment. The author explains the scientific background against which the hoaxes appeared and the detective work that led to their exposure. The schemers teach us to be alert, to challenge the evidence, and to appreciate the healthy skepticism that characterizes the scientific method.

The Mound Builders

Describes the findings of Smithsonian Institution scientists and other investigators regarding the Adena, Hopewell, and Temple Mound Peoples The Mound Builders.

Ghost Towns of the American West

Silverberg brings these early mining towns back to life in the rowdy splendor of their heyday when eggs might cost three dollars apiece and a town’s streets might be literally paved with silver.

The Ultimate Dinosaur

A collaboration from a number of leading scientists and authors, probing such mysteries as: where the first dinosaurs appeared and how they evolved; how the giant sauropods lived and reared their young; hunting strategies among the predators; and possible causes of extinction.

The Pueblo Revolt

The peaceable Pueblo Indians seemed an unlikely people to rise emphatically and successfully against the Spanish Empire. For eighty two years the Pueblos had lived under Spanish domination in the northern part of present day New Mexico. The Spanish administration had been led not by Coronado’s earlier vision of god but by a desire to convert the Indians to Christianity and eke a living from the country north of Mexico. The situation made conflict inevitable, with devastating results. Robert Silverberg writes: ‘While the missionaries flogged and even hanged the Indians to save their souls, the civil authorities enslaved them, plundered the wealth of their cornfields, forced them to abide by incomprehensible Spanish laws.’ A long drought beginning in the 1660s and the accelerated raids of nomadic tribes contributed to the spontaneous revolt to the Pueblos in August 1680. How the Pueblos maintained their independence for a dozen years in plain view of the ambitious Spaniards and how they finally expelled the Spanish is the exciting story of The Pueblo Revolt. Robert Silverberg s descriptions yield a rich picture of the Pueblo culture.

Other Spaces, Other Times

Capturing a behind the scenes glimpse into the world of science fiction, this unique autobiography by Robert Silverberg shows how famous stories in this genre were conceived and written. Chronicling his career as one of the most important American science fiction writers of the 20th century, this account reveals how he rose to prominence as the pulp era was ending and the genre was beginning to take on a more sophisticated tone to eventually be named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America. Stating that this will be his only autobiographical work, Silverberg’s book includes rare photos, ephemera from his own archives, and a complete bibliography of his works, from novels and short story collections to nonfiction.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection

Third in series, winner of the 1987 Locus Poll Award, Best Anthology. Contents include Introduction: Summation: 1985, essay by Gardner Dozois; The Jaguar Hunter, by Lucius Shepard nominated, 1985 Nebula Award, 1985 World Fantasy Award; Dogfight, by Michael Swanwick and William Gibson nominated, 1985 Nebula Award, 1986 Hugo Award; Fermi and Frost, by Frederik Pohl winner, 1986 Hugo Award; Green Days in Brunei, by Bruce Sterling nominated, 1985 Nebula Award; Snow, by John Crowley nominated, 1985 Nebula Award, 1986 Hugo Award; The Fringe, by Orson Scott Card nominated, 1985 Nebula Award, 1986 Hugo Award; The Lake Was Full of Artificial Things, by Karen Joy Fowler; Sailing to Byzantium, by Robert Silverberg winner, 1985 Nebula Award; nominated, 1986 Hugo Award; Solstice, by James Patrick Kelly; Duke Pasquale’s Ring, novella by Avram Davidson; More Than the Sum of His Parts, by Joe Haldeman nominated, 1985 Nebula Award; Out of All Them Bright Stars, by Nancy Kress Winner, 1985 Nebula Award; Side Effects, by Walter Jon Williams; The Only Neat Thing to Do, by James Tiptree, Jr. nominated, 1985 Nebula Award, 1986 Hugo Award; winner, 1986 Locus Poll Award; Dinner in Audoghast, by Bruce Sterling nominated, 1986 Hugo Award; Under Siege, by George R. R. Martin 1986 Locus Poll Award, 6th Place; Flying Saucer Rock & Roll, by Howard Waldrop nominated, 1985 Nebula Award, 1986 Hugo Award; A Spanish Lesson, by Lucius Shepard Locus Poll Award, 11th Place; Roadside Rescue, by Pat Cadigan; Paper Dragons, by James P. Blaylock winner, 1986 World Fantasy Award; nominated, 1985 Nebula Award; Magazine Section, by R. A. Lafferty; The War at Home, by Lewis Shiner 1986 Locus Poll Award, 21st Place; Rockabye Baby, by S. C. Sykes nominated, 1985 Nebula Award; Green Mars, by Kim Stanley Robinson nominated, 1985 Nebula Award, 1986 Hugo Award.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection

Join twenty eight of today’s finest writers for a host of imaginative tours through worlds as fabulous as the farthest galaxy and as strange as life on earth can be. Among the talented story tellers in this volume are: Stephen Baxter, James P. Blaylock, Tony Daniel, Gregory Feeley, Gwyneth Jones, Jonathan Lethem, Robert Reed, Michael Sanwick, Cherry Wilder, Walter Jon Williams, Gene Wolfe, Steven Utley, and many more of tomorrow’s leading imaginations. Gardener Dozois’s summary of the year in science fiction and a long list of honorable mentions round out this volume, making it the one book for anyone who’s interested in SF today.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection

Third in series, winner of the 1987 Locus Poll Award, Best Anthology. Contents include Introduction: Summation: 1985, essay by Gardner Dozois; The Jaguar Hunter, by Lucius Shepard nominated, 1985 Nebula Award, 1985 World Fantasy Award; Dogfight, by Michael Swanwick and William Gibson nominated, 1985 Nebula Award, 1986 Hugo Award; Fermi and Frost, by Frederik Pohl winner, 1986 Hugo Award; Green Days in Brunei, by Bruce Sterling nominated, 1985 Nebula Award; Snow, by John Crowley nominated, 1985 Nebula Award, 1986 Hugo Award; The Fringe, by Orson Scott Card nominated, 1985 Nebula Award, 1986 Hugo Award; The Lake Was Full of Artificial Things, by Karen Joy Fowler; Sailing to Byzantium, by Robert Silverberg winner, 1985 Nebula Award; nominated, 1986 Hugo Award; Solstice, by James Patrick Kelly; Duke Pasquale’s Ring, novella by Avram Davidson; More Than the Sum of His Parts, by Joe Haldeman nominated, 1985 Nebula Award; Out of All Them Bright Stars, by Nancy Kress Winner, 1985 Nebula Award; Side Effects, by Walter Jon Williams; The Only Neat Thing to Do, by James Tiptree, Jr. nominated, 1985 Nebula Award, 1986 Hugo Award; winner, 1986 Locus Poll Award; Dinner in Audoghast, by Bruce Sterling nominated, 1986 Hugo Award; Under Siege, by George R. R. Martin 1986 Locus Poll Award, 6th Place; Flying Saucer Rock & Roll, by Howard Waldrop nominated, 1985 Nebula Award, 1986 Hugo Award; A Spanish Lesson, by Lucius Shepard Locus Poll Award, 11th Place; Roadside Rescue, by Pat Cadigan; Paper Dragons, by James P. Blaylock winner, 1986 World Fantasy Award; nominated, 1985 Nebula Award; Magazine Section, by R. A. Lafferty; The War at Home, by Lewis Shiner 1986 Locus Poll Award, 21st Place; Rockabye Baby, by S. C. Sykes nominated, 1985 Nebula Award; Green Mars, by Kim Stanley Robinson nominated, 1985 Nebula Award, 1986 Hugo Award.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection

Annually assembling the best science fiction of the year, this series continues to live up to its name with the most original, innovative, and wonderful short fiction published in 1990. A thorough summary of the year in science fiction and a long list of recommended reading round out this volume, rendering it the one book for every reader.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection

In The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection, Gardner Dozois produces another volume in the series that Locus calls ‘the field’s real anthology of record.’ With a unique combination of foresight and perspective, Dozois continues to collect outstanding work by newcomers and established authors alike, reflecting the present state of the genre while suggesting its future directions. With the editor’s annual summary of the year in the field, and his appendix of recommended reading, this book is indispensable for anyone interested in contemporary science fiction.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection

Join twenty eight of today’s finest writers for a host of imaginative tours through worlds as fabulous as the farthest galaxy and as strange as life on earth can be. Among the talented story tellers in this volume are: Stephen Baxter, James P. Blaylock, Tony Daniel, Gregory Feeley, Gwyneth Jones, Jonathan Lethem, Robert Reed, Michael Sanwick, Cherry Wilder, Walter Jon Williams, Gene Wolfe, Steven Utley, and many more of tomorrow’s leading imaginations. Gardener Dozois’s summary of the year in science fiction and a long list of honorable mentions round out this volume, making it the one book for anyone who’s interested in SF today.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection

Long regarded as the premier annual collection of science fiction stories, Gardner Dozois’s latest volume of The Year’s Best Science Fiction continues this tradition of excellence with twenty five representing the finest offerings in the field. Among the gems included here are: ‘Story of Your Life’ by Ted Chiang, in which the story of alien contact and a very human drama merge beautifully ‘The Island of the Immortals’ by Ursula K. Le Guin, in which a brave traveler investigates the reasons why people shun the exotic island ‘Approaching Perimelasma’ by Geoffrey A. Landis, which boldly takes us into a black hole and through the stunning changes that ensue ‘Taklamakan’ by Bruce Sterling, a wildly inventive tale of future spies in a Lost World ‘The Summer Isles’ by Ian R. MacLeod, a moving novella reflecting an alternate history in which the Great War turned out a bit differently In addition, there are twenty more stories here by the field’s masters and by up and coming new writers, including: William Barton Stephen Baxter Rob Chilson Tony Daniel Cory Doctorow Greg Egan Jim Grimsley Gwyneth Jones Chris Lawson Tanith Lee Paul J. McAuley Ian McDonald Robert Reed William Browning Spencer Allen Steele Michael Swanwick Howard Waldrop Cherry Wilder Liz Williams Robert Charles Wilson Completing the collection are Dozois’s insightful survey of the year in science fiction and a long list of Honorable Mentions. With its explorations of outer space and inner space, with its examinations of what it means to be human today and tomorrow, and with its love of a good yarn, this volume remains the single best source for science fiction stories.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection

In science fiction’s early days, stories often looked past 1984 to the year 2000 as the far unknowable future. Here now, on the brink of the twenty first century, the future remains as distant and as unknowable as ever…
and science fiction stories continue to explore it with delightful results: Collected in this anthology are such imaginative gems as: ‘The Wedding Album’ by David Marusek. In a high tech future, the line between reality and simulation has grown thin…
and it’s often hard to tell who’s on what side. ‘Everywhere’ by Geoff Ryman. Do the people who live in utopian conditions ever recognize them as such? ‘Hatching the Phoenix’ by Frederik Pohl. One of science fiction’s Grand Masters returns with a star crossing tale of the Heechee the enigmatic, vanished aliens whose discarded technology guides mankind through the future. ‘A Hero of the Empire’ by Robert Silverberg. Showing that the past is as much a province of the imagination as the future, this novelette returns to an alternate history when the Roman Empire never fell to show us just how the course of history can be altered. The twenty seven stories in this collection imaginatively take us to nearby planets and distant futures, into the past and into universes no larger than a grain of sand. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents. Supplementing the stories are the editor’s insightful summation of the year’s events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book a valuable resource in addition to serving as the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection

The twenty three stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our being, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including:Stephen Baxter, M. Shayne Bell, Rick Cook, Albert E. Cowdrey, Tananarive Due, Greg Egan, Eliot Fintushel, Peter F. Hamilton, Earnest Hogan, John Kessel, Nancy Kress, Ursula K. Le Guin, Paul J. McAuley, Ian McDonald, Susan Palwick, Severna Park, Alastair Reynolds, Lucius Shepard, Brian Stableford, Charles Stross, Michael Swanwick, Steven Utley, Robert Charles WilsonSupplementing the stories is the editor’s insightful summation of the year’s events and lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book a valuable resource in addition to serving as the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection

The twenty first century has so far proven to be exciting and wondrous and filled with challenges we had never dreamed. New possibilities previously unimagined appear almost daily…
and science fiction stories continue to explore those possibilities with delightful results:Collected in this anthology are such compelling stories as:’On K2 with Kanakaredes’ by Dan Simmons. A relentlessly paced and absorbing tale set in the near future about three mountain climbers who must scale the face of K2 with some very odd company. ‘The Human Front’ by Ken MacLeod. In this compassionate coming of age tale the details of life are just a bit off from things as we know them and nothing is as it appears to be.’Glacial’ by Alastair Reynolds. A fascinating discovery on a distant planet leads to mass death and a wrenching mystery as spellbinding as anything in recent short fiction. The twenty six stories in this collection imaginatively takes us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including:Eleanor ArnasonChris BeckettMichael BlumleinMichael CassuttBrenda W. CloughPaul Di FilippoAndy DuncanCarolyn Ives GilmanJim GrimsleySimon IngsJames Patrick KellyLeigh KennedyNancy KressIan R. MacLeodKen MacLeodPaul J. McAuleyMaureen F. McHughRobert ReedAlastair ReynoldsGeoff RymanWilliam SandersDan SimmonsAllen M. SteeleCharles StrossMichael SwanwickHoward WaldropSupplementing the stories are the editor’s insightful summation of the year’s events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book a valuable resource in addition to serving as the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection

Widely regarded as the one essential book for every science fiction fan, The Year’s Best Science Fiction Winner of the 2004 Locus Award for Best Anthology continues to uphold its standard of excellence with more than two dozen stories representing the previous year’s best SF writing. The stories in this collection imaginatively take readers far across the universe, into the very core of their beings, to the realm of the Gods, and to the moment just after now. Included are the works of masters of the form and the bright new talents of tomorrow. This book is a valuable resource in addition to serving as the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.

The Best of the Best

For years, The Year’s Best Science Fiction has been the most widely read short science fiction anthology of its kind. Now, after twenty one annual collections, comes the ultimate in science fiction anthologies, The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year’s Best Science Fiction, in which legendary editor Gardner Dozois selects the very best short stories for this landmark collection. Contributors include: Stephen Baxter Greg Bear William Bigson Terry Bisson Pat Cadigan Ted Chiang John Crowley Tony Daniel Greg Egan Molly Gloss Eileen Gunn Joe Haldeman James Patrick Kelly John Kessel Nancy Kress Ursula K. Le Guin Ian R. MacLeod David Marusek Paul McAuley Ian McDonald Maureen F. McHugh Robert Reed Mike Resnick Geoff Ryman William Sander Lucius Shepard Robert Silverberg Brian Stableford Bruce Sterling Charles Stross Michael Swanwick Steven Utley Howard Waldrop Walter Jon Williams Connie Willis Gene WolfeWith work spanning two decades, The Best of the Best stands as one of the ultimate science fiction anthologies ever published.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection

In the heart of the new millennium, worlds beyond our imagination have opened up, blurring the line between life and art. Embracing the challenges and possibilities of cyberspace, genetics, the universe, and beyond, the world of science fiction has become a porthole into the realities of tomorrow. In The Year’s Best Science Fiction Twenty third Annual Collection, our very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world with such compelling stories as:

Beyond the Aquila Rift : Critically acclaimed author Alastair Reynolds takes readers to the edge of the universe, where no voyager has dared to travel before or so we think.

Comber : Our world is an ever changing one, and award winning author Gene Wolfe explores the darker side of our planet s fluidity in his own beautiful and inimitable style.

Audubon in Atlantis : In a world not quite like our own, bestselling author Harry Turtledove shows us that there are reasons some species have become extinct.

The twenty nine stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including:Neal Asher, Paolo Bacigalupi, Stephen Baxter, Elizabeth Bear, Chris Beckett, Dominic Green, Daryl Gregory, Joe Haldeman, Gwyneth Jones, James Patrick Kelley, Jay Lake and Ruth Nestvold, Ken MacLeod, Ian McDonald, Vonda N. McIntyre, David Moles, Derryl Murphy, Steven Popkes, Hannu Rajaniemi, Alastair Reynolds, Robert Reed, Chris Roberson, Mary Rosenblum, William Sanders, Bruce Sterling, Michael Swanwick, Harry Turtledove, Peter Watts, Liz Williams, and Gene Wolfe. Supplementing the stories are the editor s insightful summation of the year s events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book both a valuable resource and the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection

The twenty eight stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including:
Cory Doctorow Robert Charles Wilson Michael Swanwick Ian McDonald Benjamin Rosenbaum Kage Baker Bruce McAllister Alastair Reynolds Jay Lake Ruth Nestvold Gregory Benford Justin Stanchfield Walter Jon Williams Greg Van Eekhout Robert Reed David D. Levine Paul J. McAuley Mary Rosenblum Daryl Gregory Jack Skillingstead Paolo Bacigalupi Greg Egan Elizabeth Bear Sarah Monette Ken MacLeod Stephen Baxter Carolyn Ives Gilman John Barnes A.M. Dellamonica
Supplementing the stories are the editor’s insightful summation of the year s events and a list of honorable mentions, making this book a valuable resource in addition to serving as the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection

In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year’s Best Science Fiction Twenty Fifth Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. This venerable collection brings together award winning authors and masters of the field such as Robert Reed, Ian McDonald, Stephen Baxter, Michael Swanwick, Paolo Bacigalupi, Kage Baker, Walter Jon Williams, Alastair Reynolds, and Charles Stross . And with an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation has become the definitive must read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection

The thirty stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including: Paolo Bacigalupi, Stephen Baxter, Elizabeth Bear, Aliete de Bodard, James L. Cambias, Greg Egan, Charles Coleman Finlay, James Alan Gardner, Dominic Green, Daryl Gregory, Gwyneth Jones, Ted Kosmatka, Mary Robinette Kowal, Nancy Kress, Jay Lake, Paul McAuley, Ian McDonald, Maureen McHugh, Sarah Monette, Garth Nix, Hannu Rajaniemi, Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Mary Rosenblum, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Geoff Ryman, Karl Schroeder, Gord Sellar, and Michael Swanwick. Supplementing the stories are the editor’s insightful summation of the year s events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book both a valuable resource and the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination, and the heart.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection

The thirty two stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including:John Barnes, Elizabeth Bear, Damien Broderick, Karl Bunker, Paul Cornell, Albert E. Cowdrey, Ian Creasey, Steven Gould, Dominic Green, Nicola Griffith, Alexander Irvine, John Kessel, Ted Kosmatka, Nancy Kress, Jay Lake, Rand B. Lee, Paul McAuley, Ian McDonald, Maureen F. McHugh, Sarah Monette, Michael Poore, Robert Reed, Adam Roberts, Chris Roberson, Mary Rosenblum, Geoff Ryman, Vandana Singh, Bruce Sterling, Lavie Tidhar, James Van Pelt, Jo Walton, Peter Watts, Robert Charles Wilson, and John C. Wright. Supplementing the stories are the editor’s insightful summation of the year s events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book both a valuable resource and the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination, and the heart. Gardner Dozois has been working in the science fiction field for more than thirty years. For twenty years he was the editor of Asimov’s Science Fiction, during which time he received the Hugo Award for Best Editor fifteen times. The thirty two stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including: John Barnes, Elizabeth Bear, Damien Broderick, Karl Bunker, Paul Cornell, Albert E. Cowdrey, Ian Creasey, Steven Gould, Dominic Green, Nicola Griffith, Alexander Irvine, John Kessel, Ted Kosmatka, Nancy Kress, Jay Lake, Rand B. Lee, Paul McAuley, Ian McDonald, Maureen F. McHugh, Sarah Monette, Michael Poore, Robert Reed, Adam Roberts, Chris Roberson, Mary Rosenblum, Geoff Ryman, Vandana Singh, Bruce Sterling, Lavie Tidhar, James Van Pelt, Jo Walton, Peter Watts, Robert Charles Wilson, and John C. Wright. Supplementing the stories are the editor s insightful summation of the year s events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book both a valuable resource and the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination, and the heart. Praise for Gardner Dozois and The Year s Best Science Fiction: Twenty sixth Annual Collection: This is a worthy addition to a venerable series. Publishers Weekly’For more than a quarter century, Gardner Dozois’s The Year s Best Science Fiction has defined the field. It is the most important anthology, not only annually, but overall.’ Charles N. Brown, publisher of Locus MagazineTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsSummation: 2009’Utriusque Cosmi’ Robert Charles Wilson’A Story, With Beans’ Steven Gould’Under The Shouting Sky’ Karl Bunker’Events Preceding The Helvetican Renaissance’ John Kessel’Useless Things’ Maureen F. McHugh’Black Swan’ Bruce Sterling’Crimes and Glory’ Paul J. McAuley’Seventh Fall’ Alexander Irvine’Butterfly Bomb’ Dominic Green’Infinities’ Vandana Singh’Things Undone’ John Barnes’On the Human Plan’ Jay Lake’The Island’ Peter Watts’The Integrity of the Chain’ Lavie Tidhar’Lion Walk’ Mary Rosenblum’Escape To Other Worlds With Science Fiction’ Jo walton’Three Leaves of Aloe’ Rand B. Lee’Mongoose’ Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette’Paradiso Lost’ Albert E. Cowdrey’It Takes Two’ Nicola Griffith’Blocked’ Geoff Ryman’Solace’ James Van Pelt’Act One’ Nancy Kress’Twilight of the Gods’ John C. Wright’Blood Dauber’ Ted Kosmatka and Michael Poore’This Wind BLowing, And This Tide’ Damien Broderick’Hair’ Adam Roberts’Before My Last Breath’ Robert Reed’One of our Bast*ards Is Missing’ Paul Cornell’Edison’s Frankenstein’ Chris Roberson’Erosion’ Ian Creasey’Vishnu at the Cat Circus’ Ian McDonaldHonorable Mentions: 2009

New Dimensions 5 (By:David Wise)

This latest volume is the best of the series of all original new writings in science fiction is a stellar collection of sixteen stories.

The Science Fiction Bestiary

Stories: The Hurkle is a Happy Beast, by Theodore Sturgeon; Grandpa, by James H Schmitz; The Blue Giraffe, by L Sprague de Camp; The Preserving Machine by Philip K Dick; A Martian Odyssey, by Stanley G Weinbaum; The Sheriff of Canyon Gulch, by Poul Anderson and Gordon R Dickson; Drop Dead, by Clifford D Simak; The Gnurrs Come from the Voodvork Out. by R Bretnor; Collecting Team, by Robert Silverberg. Introduction by Robert Silverberg, who also wrote introductory notes to each story.

Dangerous Visions

Anthologies seldom make history, but Dangerous Visions is a grand exception. Harlan Ellison’s 1967 collection of science fiction stories set an almost impossibly high standard, as more than a half dozen of its stories won major awards not surpising with a contributors list that reads like a who’s who of 20th century SF: Samuel D. Delany, Philip K. Dick, Brian Aldiss, Roger Zelazny, Philip Jose Farmer, Fritz Leiber, Larry Niven and Robert Silverberg. Unavailable for 15 years, this huge anthology now returns to print, as relevant now as when it was first published.

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One: 1929-1964

The definitive collection of the best in science fiction stories between 1929 1964. This book contains twenty six of the greatest science fiction stories ever written. They represent the considered verdict of the Science Fiction Writers of America, those who have shaped the genre and who know, more intimately than anyone else, what the criteria for excellence in the field should be. The authors chosen for The Science Fiction Hall Fame are the men and women who have shaped the body and heart of modern science fiction; their brilliantly imaginative creations continue to inspire and astound new generations of writers and fans. Robert Heinlein in ‘The Roads Must Roll’ describes an industrial civilization of the future caught up in the deadly flaws of its own complexity. ‘Country of the Kind,’ by Damon Knight, is a frightening portrayal of biological mutation. ‘Nightfall,’ by Isaac Asimov, one of the greatest stories in the science fiction field, is the story of a planet where the sun sets only once every millennium and is a chilling study in mass psychology. Originally published in 1970 to honor those writers and their stories that had come before the institution of the Nebula Awards, The Science Fiction Hall Of Fame, Volume One, was the book that introduced tens of thousands of young readers to the wonders of science fiction. Too long unavailable, this new edition will treasured by all science fiction fans everywhere. The Science Fiction Hall Of Fame, Volume One, includes the following stories:Introduction by Robert Silverberg’A Martian Odyssey’ by Stanley G. Weinbaum’Twilight’ by John W. Campbell’Helen O’Loy’ by Lester del Rey’The Roads Must Roll’ by Robert A. Heinlein’Microcosmic God’ by Theodore Sturgeon’Nightfall’ by Isaac Asimov’The Weapon Shop’ by A. E. van Vogt’Mimsy Were the Borogoves’ by Lewis Padgett’Huddling Place’ by Clifford D. Simak’Arena’ by Frederic Brown’First Contact’ by Murray Leinster’That Only a Mother’ by Judith Merril’Scanners Live in Vain’ by Cordwainer Smith’Mars is Heaven!’ by Ray Bradbury’The Little Black Bag’ by C. M. Kornbluth’Born of Man and Woman’ by Richard Matheson’Coming Attraction’ by Fritz Leiber’The Quest for Saint Aquin’ by Anthony Boucher’Surface Tension’ by James Blish’The Nine Billion Names of God’ by Arthur C. Clarke’It’s a Good Life’ by Jerome Bixby’The Cold Equations’ by Tom Godwin’Fondly Fahrenheit’ by Alfred Bester’The Country of the Kind,’ Damon Knight’Flowers for Algernon’ by Daniel Keyes’A Rose for Ecclesiastes’ by Roger Zelazny

Infinite Jests

Included: ‘Venus and the Seven Sexes,’ by William Tenn; ‘Babel II,’ by Damon Knight; ‘Useful Phrases for the Tourist,’ by Joanna Russ; ‘Conversational Mode,’ by Grahame Leman; ‘Heresies of the Huge God,’ by Brian W. Aldiss; ‘Now n, Now n,’ by Robert Silverberg; ‘Slow Tuesday Night,’ by R. A. Lafferty; ‘Help! I Am Dr. Morris Goldpepper,’ by Avram Davidson; ‘Oh, To Be a Blobel!,’ by Philip K. Dick; ‘Hobson’s Choice,’ by Alfred Bester; ‘I Plinglot, Who You?,’ by Frederik Pohl

Mutants

Included: ‘Tomorrow’s Children,’ by Poul Anderson and F.N. Waldrop; ‘It’s a Good Life,’ by Jerome Bixby’ The Mute Question’ by Forrest J Ackerman; ‘Let the Ants Try’ by Frederik Pohl; ‘The Conqueror’ by Mark Clifton; ‘Liquid Life’ by Ralph Milne Farley; ‘Hothouse’ by Brian W. Aldiss; ‘Oxymandias’ by Terry Carr; ‘The Man Who Never Forgot’ by Robert Silverberg; ‘Ginny Wrapped in the Sun’ by R.A. Lafferty; and ‘Watershed’ by James Blish.

The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels

1981 Locus Poll Award, Best Anthology Place: 15. Compiled by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg, this is a mammoth anthology of great science fiction short novels, including: Beyond Bedlam, by Wyman Guin; Equinoctial 1978 Locus Poll Award, Best Novella Place: 12 , by John Varley; By His Bootstraps, by Robert A. Heinlein; The Golden Helix, by Theodore Sturgeon; Born With the Dead winner, 1974 Nebula Award, 1975 Locus Poll Award. Nominated, 1975 Hugo Award , by Robert Silverberg; Second Game nominated, 1958 Hugo Award , by Katherine MacLean and Charles V. De Vet; The Dead Past, by Isaac Asimov; The Road to the Sea, by Arthur C. Clarke; The Star Pit nominated, 1968 Hugo Award , by Samuel R. Delany; Giant Killer nominated, 1996 Retro Hugo Award , by A. Bertram Chandler; A Case of Conscience incorporated into the novel of the same name as Book One , by James Blish; Dio, by Damon Knight; Houston, Houston, Do You Read? winner, 1976 Nebula Award, 1977 Hugo Award. 1977 Locus Poll Award, Best Novella Place: 3 , by James Tiptree, Jr.; On the Storm Planet nominated, 1965 Nebula Award , by Cordwainer Smith; The Miracle Workers nominated, 1959 Hugo Award , by Jack Vance.

The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction

Vintage, 1985 paperback, Zebra Books, 479 pages. This is a collection of short stories from Omni magazine some of the language is objectionable.

Science Fiction 101

If you write science fiction, you’ll like Science Fiction 101‘s witty, thought provoking essays, revealing the secrets, the craft and the art of science fiction. If you read science fiction, you’ll enjoy the thirteen classic works of modern science fiction included in Science Fiction 101. These works include wondrous stories by Alfred Bester, Philip. K. Dick, Jack Vance, Frederick Pohl and many others.

The Horror Hall of Fame

18 great tales, classics of the genre. Includes: The Fall of the House of Usher, by Edgar Allan Poe; Green Tea, by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu; The Damned Thing, by Ambrose Bierce; The Yellow Sign, by Robert W. Chambers; The Monkey’s Paw, by W. W. Jacobs; The White People, by Arthur Machen; The Willows, by Algernon Blackwood; Casting the Runes, by M. R. James; The Graveyard Rats, by Henry Kuttner; Pigeons from Hell, by Robert E. Howard; It, by Theodore Sturgeon; Smoke Ghost, by Fritz Leiber; Yours Truly Jack the Ripper, by Robert Bloch; The Small Assassin, by Ray Bradbury; The Whimper of Whipped Dogs, by Harlan Ellison; Calling Card, by Ramsey Campbell; Coin of the Realm nominated, 1982 World Fantasy Award, by Charles L. Grant; The Reach Do the Dead Sing? winner, 1982 World Fantasy Award, by Stephen King.

After the King

After the King presents an outstanding collection of new fantasy stories by an extraordinary assemblage of some of the very best writers to ever continue the tradition Tolkien began with The Lord of the Rings. Stephen R. Donaldson, Peter S. Beagle, Andrew Nortong, Terry Pratchett, Robert Silverberg, Judith Tarr, Gregory Benford, Jane Yolen, Poul and Karen Anderson, Mike Resnick, Emma Bull, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, John Brunner, Harrr Turtledove, Dennis L. McKiernan, Karen Haber, Barry M. Malzberg, and Charles de Lint contribute to a dazzling anthology that captures the spirit and originality of Tolkien’s great work. The millions whose lives have been touched by J.R.R. Tolkien will find the same primal storytelling magic here, undiluted an running ever on.

Murasaki

After twenty years of travel, the first ships bearing humans arrive in the Murasaki system, where they encounter the inhabitants of Murasaki‘s two mysterious worlds and where they unravel the mysteries of an alien ecosystem.

Universe 3

A collection of fifteen stories from the brightest voices in contemporary science fiction features the writing of Brian W. Aldiss, E. Michael Blake, Terry Boren, David Ira Cleary, Alex Jeffers, Jamil Nasir, and others.

The Ultimate Alien

In this strange and exciting collection, some of the best known authors of the fantastic explore the intricacies and speculations of human encounters with the other…
with aliens. From Robert Silverberg’s examination of interspecies marriage to Arthur C. Clarke’s classic tale of the exploration of Venus, from Mike Resnick and Nicholas A. DiChario’s hilarious look at an alien radio broadcast to Nina Kiriki Hoffman’s intense study of a woman taken over by a plant like creature here are spectacular stories transcending time and space.

War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches

In an anthology of tales inspired by Wells’s The War of the Worlds, notable science fiction authors such as Connie Willis, Mike Resnick, Robert Silverberg, and Gregory Benford imagine the Martian invasion seen through the eyes of his contemporaries in other locations throughout the world.

Year’s Best SF

WORLD ALTERING SCIENCE FICTIONTales of wonder and adventure, set on distant planets or in the future of our ownStories that go beyond the limits of Space and Time David G. Hartwell has brought together only the best of this year’s new SF from established pros and audacious newcomers, selecting only those that share the universal quality of great science fiction. Our familiar world will look a little less familiar after you read one. Includes stories by:Joe HaldemanUrsula K. Le GuinRobert SilverbergRoper Zelazny

Hackers

A collection of short stories from the virtual frontier follows the exploits of the world’s most notorious Hackers and includes contributions from Greg Bear, William Gibson, Robert Silverberg, and Bruce Sterling.

The Avram Davidson Treasury

Avram Davidson was one of the great original American writers of this century. He was erudite, cranky, Jewish, wildly creative, and sold most of his wonderful stories to pulp magazines. They are wonderful. Now his estate and his friends have brought together a definitive collection of his finest work, each story introduced by an SF luminary: writers like Ursula K. Le Guin, William Gibson, Poul Anderson, Gene Wolfe, Guy Davenport, Peter S. Beagle, Gregory Benford, Thomas M. Disch, and dozens of others. This is a volume every lover of fantasy will need to own.

Far Horizons

The universe of the mind is a limitless expanse of wonders, filled with worlds and secrets that cannot be fully explored within the pages of a single novel. Avid readers of science fiction have long appreciated the myriad joys of returning to fictional galaxies already experienced; delighting in the ever unfolding mysteres of Frank Herbert’s Dune or Asimov’s Foundation series, for example. In Far Horizons edited by acclaimed author Robert Silverberg a veritable ‘Who’s Who’ of science fiction’s most beloved and highly honored writers once again revisit the remarkable worlds they created and made famous. Ursula K. Le Guin sends representatives of the Ekumen into the violent later years of a planetary civil war. Dan Simmons once again billiantly mixes allegory and space adventure in his dangerous, religion dominated cosmos of Hyperion. Greg Bear reexplores his artificial universe, ‘The Way’, from Eon, Eternity and Legacy. Orson Scott Card recounts the momentous first meeting of his time and planet hopping protagonist Ender Wiggin with Ender’s computer based, soon to be companion, Jane. Gregory Benford rockets us back to the Galactic Center, Anne McCaffrey’s Ship Who Sang sings again, and Joe Haldeman’s Forever War rages on eternally. Here, also, are new stories by David Brin, Nancy Kress, Frederik Pohl, and Robert Silverberg himself each venturing further into univestigated corners of familiar galaxies to delve into the perilous mystery of being human. Perhaps the greatest concentration of science fiction talent ever in one volume, Far Horizons is an unprecedented masterpiece one that reopens vast empires of imagination and adventure to new explorations and appreciations. It is a major SF event, sure to bring unparalleled joy to the hearts of serious fans everywhere.

Graven Images

In this thrilling new anthology from the editors of In the Shadow of the Gargoyle cited by Locus as one of the year’s best anthologies, today’s top fantasy and horror talents take a close look at our distant idols. Ancient gods who faded into history, all that remains are the mortal made likenesses of their images sacred relics, holy statues, and hallowed trinkets bearing the images of those fabled gods who ruled over of all creation…
Now, at last, the old gods have returned in these all new tales of the sacred and profane, the beautiful and grotesque, the loving and vengeful. Includes stories by: Nebula and Hugo Award winner Robert Silverberg Nebula winner Esther M. Freisner World Fantasy Award winner Brian McNaughton, Tanith Lee, and Gene Wolfe Hugo Award winner Lawrence Watt Evans and Other acclaimed authors, including Jack Ketchum, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Storm Constantine, Chelsea Quinn Yarboro, Kathe Koja, and Yvonne Navarro

Robert Silverberg Presents the Great Science Fiction Stories (1964)

A anthology of the best short Science Fiction published in 1964. Selected by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg. Some of the stories included are: ‘The Last Lonely Man’ by John Brunner, ‘Outward Bound’ by Norman Spinrad, ‘The Master Key’ by Poul Anderson, and The Dowry of Angyar’ by Ursula K. Le Guin.

Nebula Awards 35 (2001)

Edited by the widely acclaimed SF author Robert Silverberg, the Nebula Awards series is ‘the pulse of modern science fiction’ The New York Times Book ReviewThe Nebula Awards are the Academy Awards of science fiction, the finest works each year in the genre as voted by the members of SFWA, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. The Nebula Awards anthology series has now reached its thirty fifth year. This edition contains the complete award winning texts by Ted Chiang, Mary A. Turzillo, Leslie What, and Octavia E. Butler an excerpt from her novel The Parable of the Talents; a report on the field ‘still inarguably dynamic’ by Gary K. Wolfe; runner up stories by David Marusek and Michael Swanwick; an early story by 2000 Grand Master Brian W. Aldiss; and 2000 Author Emeritus Daniel Keyes’s account of how he wrote Flowers for Algernon. In his introduction, editor Robert Silverberg looks back wryly at Damon Knight, the beginnings of SFWA, and the first Nebula banquets.

I Have This Nifty Idea

I Have This Nifty Idea
Now what do I do with it? This book contains outlines for science fiction and fantasy novels which real authors new and old used to sell their books to major publishing companies…
actual examples drawn from authors files, not idealized versions prepared just for a textbook. Whether you re a beginning writer looking to break into novels, an experienced professional seeking new tools and techniques to sell books, or a fan curious about the remarkable thought processes of some of the great genre writers of our time, you will find something here which enlightens, educates, and entertains you. I Have This Nifty Idea is the perfect addition to every library of books on writing. Includes work by Robert Silverberg, David Brin, Joe Haldeman, Mike Resnick, Robert J. Sawyer, Barry N. Malzberg, Kevin J. Anderson, Charles Sheffield, Katharine Kerr, Jack Dann, Jack L. Chalker, and many more.

Fantasy: The Best of 2001

This release features edgy new stories by hot new talents, and old favorites from Poul Anderson and Ursula K. Le Guin. Silverberg and Haber say it best: ‘The present anthology is intended to show reach and range as it is demonstrated nowadays in the shorter forms of fiction.’ You will find very little that is formulaic here, although we have not ignored any of fantasy’s great traditions. There are stories set in the familiar quasi medieval worlds to which modern readers are accustomed, and others rooted in the authentic myth constructs of high antiquity, and several that depend for their power on the juxtaposition of fantastic situations and terribly contemporary aspects of modern life on Earth. There are philosophical and theological speculations. There is even one science fiction story although one that carries scientific thinking to a fantastic extreme by way of showing that science fiction, rather than being a genre apart, is simply one of the many branches of fantasy literature. These stories which we think are the best short fantasies published in 2001 are reassuring proof of fantasy’s eternal power even in this technological age.

Science Fiction: The Best of 2001

The present anthology is intended to show reach and range as it is demonstrated nowadays in the shorter forms of fiction. There is very little that is formulaic here. Contents include ‘Undone’ by James Patrick Kelly, ‘On K2 with Kanakaredes’ by Dan Simmons, ‘Know How, Can Do’ by Michael Blumlein, ‘From Here You Can See the Sunquists’ by Richard Wadholm, ‘Keepers of the Earth’ by Robin Bailey, ‘Anomalies’ by Gregory Benford, ‘One of Her Paths’ by Ian Watson, ‘The Dog Said Bow Wow’ by Michael Swanwick, ‘And No Such Things Grow Here’ by Nancy Kress, ‘Suncloud’ by Stephen Baxter, ‘Into Greenwood’ by Jim Grimsley.

Science Fiction: The Best of 2002

A collection of the best science fiction prose written in 2002, by some the genre’s greatest writers, and selected by two of SF’s most respected editors. Here in one affordable volume is the best short science fiction of the year as selected from magazines, anthologies and journals. It is the second in a prestigious new series from ibooks. Robert Silverberg, a multiple winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards as a writer, has complied a distinguished record as an anthologist over the past 35 years. Among the famous books he has edited are THE SCIENCE FICTION HALL OF FAME, THE NEW DIMENSIONS, UNIVERSE and THE ALPHA SERIES. His long list of science fiction and fantasy novels include such titles as DYING INSIDE and THE ALIENS YEARS.

The Best of the Best, Vol 2

For more than twenty years The Year’s Best Science Fiction has been recognized as the best collection of short science fiction writing in the universe and an essential resource for every science fiction fan. In 2005 the original Best of the Best collected the finest short stories from that series and became a benchmark in the SF field. Now, for the first time ever, Hugo Award winning editor Gardner Dozios sifts through hundreds of stories and dozens of authors who have gone on to become some of the most esteemed practitioners of the form, to bring readers the ultimate anthology of short science fiction novels from his legendary series. Included are such notable short novels as: Sailing to Byzantium by Robert SilverbergIn the fiftieth century, people of Earth are able to create entire cities on a whim, including those of mythology and legend. When twentieth century traveler Charles Philip accidentally lands in this aberrant time period, he is simultaneously obsessed with discovering more about this alluring world and getting back home. But in a world made entirely of man’s creation, things are not always as they seem on the surface. Forgiveness Day by Ursula K. Le GuinLe Guin returns to her Hainish settled interstellar community, the Edumen, to tell the tale of two star crossed lovers who are literally worlds apart in this story of politics, violence, religion, and cultural disparity. Turquoise Days by Alastair ReynoldsOn a sea wold planet covered with idyllic tropical oceans, peace seems pervasive. Beneath the placid water lurks an ominous force that has the potential to destroy all tranquility. Contributors include: Greg Egan; Joe Haldeman; James Patrick Kelly; Nancy Kress; Ursula K. Le Guin; Ian R. MacLeod; Ian McDonald; Maureen F. McHugh; Frederick Pohl; Alastair Reynolds; Robert Silverberg; Michael Swanwick; Walter Jon Williams With work spanning two decades, The Best of the Best, Volume 2 stands as the ultimate anthology of short science fiction novels ever published in the world.

A Little Intelligence

MYSTERIES FROM TWO SCIENCE FICTION MASTERS!!! Randall Garrett 1927 1987 and Robert Silverberg, two of the greatest writers of science fiction, were also accomplished mystery writers. A Little Intelligence collects their best mystery short stories, all written in the 1950’s, mostly under the joint pseudonym of Robert Randall. With many of them set in future, the stories explore the topics of morality, theology, and humanity within their mysteries. Included are the quandaries of Father Riley, Catholic priest, a scientist and a military officer, who grapples with the decision to use a machine which can see into the future; a challenge facing Sister Mary Magdalen, who must contend with interspecies rivalry among alien races in order to solve a murder, and the problem of a smuggled and lively mummy. The seven stories will leave you thinking long after the mystery is revealed. New introduction by Robert Silverberg.

Federations

Edited by John Joseph Adams, editor of Wastelands and The Living Dead. From Star Trek to Star Wars, from Dune to Foundation, science fiction has a rich history of exploring the idea of vast intergalactic societies, and the challenges facing those living in or trying to manage such societies. The stories in Federations will continue that tradition, and herein you will find a mix of all new, original fiction, alongside selected reprints from authors whose work exemplifies what interstellar SF is capable of, including Lois McMaster Bujold, Orson Scott Card, Anne McCaffrey, George R.R. Martin, L.E. Modesitt, Jr., Alastair Reynolds, Robert J. Sawyer, Robert Silverberg and Harry Turtledove. Additional authors: Alan Dean Foster, Kevin J. Anderson, Doug Beason, John C. Wright, Allen Steele, James Alan Gardner, Catherynne M. Valente

The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction

The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction features over a 150 years’ worth of the best science fiction ever collected in a single volume. The fifty two stories and critical introductions are organized chronologically as well as thematically for classroom use. Filled with luminous ideas, otherworldly adventures, and startling futuristic speculations, these stories will appeal to all readers as they chart the emergence and evolution of science fiction as a modern literary genre. They also provide a fascinating look at how our Western technoculture has imaginatively expressed its hopes and fears from the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century to the digital age of today. A free online teacher’s guide at www. wesleyan. edu/wespress/sfanthologyguide accompanies the anthology and offers access to a host of pedagogical aids for using this book in an academic setting. The stories in this anthology have been selected and introduced by the editors of Science Fiction Studies, the world’s most respected journal for the critical study of science fiction.

Tales from Super-Science Fiction

Table of Contents Introduction by Robert Silverberg ‘Catch ’em All Alive’ by Robert Silverberg ‘Who Am I?’ by Henry Slesar ‘Every Day is Christmas’ by James E. Gunn ‘I’ll Take Over’ by A. Bertram Chandler ‘Song of the Axe’ by Don Berry ‘Broomstick Ride’ by Robert Bloch ‘Worlds of Origin’ by Jack Vance ‘The Tool of Creation’ by J.F. Bone ‘I Want to Go Home’ by Robert Moore Williams ‘Hostile Life Form’ by Daniel L. Galouye ‘The Gift of Numbers’ by Alan E. Nourse ‘First Man in a Satellite’ by Charles W. Runyon ‘A Place Beyond the Stars’ by Tom Godwin ‘The Loathsome Beasts’ by Dan Malcolm aka Silverberg

The New Atlantis

In a dark near future, global warming and a ruined ecology is causing the continents to sink into the oceans just as the towers of Atlantis re emerge above the sea. Hugo Award Nominee, Locus Poll Award Winner, Nebula Award Nominee

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