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Rich new works by the very best-known creators of fantasy fiction,
each set in the special universe of the imagination that made that
writer famous throughout the world. Stephen King: The Dark Tower:
THE LITTLE SISTERS OF ELURIA: Dark fantasy and icy realism, a
visionary mix of magic and horror. Terry Goodkind: The Sword of
Truth: DEBT OF BONES: Green fire and black magic rage between the
First Wizard and Panis Rahl. Orson Scott Card: The Tales of Alvin
Maker: GRINNING MAN: A step closer to the ultimate confrontation
between Alvin and the Unmaker. Robert Silverberg: Majipoor: THE
SEVENTH SHRINE: In the time of the most famous Pontifex of all,
Lord Valentine. Ursula K. LeGuin: Earthsea: DRAGONFLY: A woman for
the first time on the mage's Isle of Roke. Raymond E. Feist: The
Riftwar Saga: THE WOOD BOY: When the Kingdom had just been invaded
by the Tsurani. Terry Pratchett: Discworld: THE SEA AND LITTLE
FISHES: Fruit, vegetables and deadly rivalry between witches. Anne
McCaffrey: Pern: RUNNER OF PERN: A young Runner on her first
journey, dreaming of dragons and glory. George R.R. Martin: A Song
of Ice and Fire: THE HEDGE KNIGHT: A self-made knight, his honour,
his horse, his squire, his luck. Tad Williams: Memory, Sorrow and
Thorn: THE BURNING MAN: Dragon's blood and ancient hatreds on the
Road of Dreams. Robert Jordan: Wheel of Time: NEW SPRING: Storm and
battle in the shadow of the Blight... as the wheel turns.
From the most celebrated writers of modern fantasy fiction, the
most fabulous worlds ever created. Eleven breathtaking new short
novels, each set in the unique universe that brought its author
world-wide acclaim, are here gathered together in one outstanding
volume. Robin Hobb introduces us to another part of her Realm of
the Elderlings in Homecoming. George R. R. Martin returns to an
earlier era of the world of A Song of Ice and Fire to tell the tale
of The Sworn Sword. The Yazoo Queen is a new story from Orson Scott
Card's world of the Tales of Alvin Maker. Diana Gabaldon gives us
Lord John and the Succubus, a new Outlander tale. Robert Silverberg
returns to the giant world of Majipoor for The Book of Changes. Tad
Williams brings us a new tale from the Otherland: The Happiest Dead
Boy in the World. Anne McCaffrey returns to Pern for Beyond
Between. The Messenger, by Raymond E. Feist, is a new story from
his ever-popular Riftwar. Elizabeth Hayden brings us Threshold, a
fresh tale from The Symphony of Ages. With The Monarch of the Glen
Neil Gaiman returns to the world of American Gods. Terry Brooks
gives us Indomitable, a new Shannara story.
Only the most talented storytellers create worlds that are beyond fantasy, worlds that become realities. In 'Legends' the reader can visit the most fabulous worlds ever created – by Terry Pratchett, Anne McCaffrey, George R.R. Martin, Tad Williams and Robert Jordan. 'The biggest names in contemporary fantasy have written novellas set in their most popular worlds. Fortunately, the standard matches the notion; maybe the contributors were spurred on by group rivalry' 'Time Out' 'An essential buy for every fantasy fan' 'SFX'
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Robert Silverberg's Belzagor
Robert Silverberg; Philippe Thirault, Bruno Lecigne, Sam Timel; Illustrated by Laura Zuccheri, …
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This re-release of fan-favorite adaptation of Robert Silverberg's
Downward to the Earth is accompanied by the highly-anticipated
Children of Belzagor, the original and never before released
sequel. From the mind of legendary American science-fiction writer
Robert Silverberg. What began in his acclaimed Downward to the
Earth continues in this collection! First, Return to Belzagor, the
fan-favorite adaptation of Downward to the Earth as adapted by
writer Philippe Thirault and Eisner-nominated artist Laura
Zuccheri. Then, the story continues in the all-new Children of
Belzagor, a Silverberg-approved tale of legacy and the lasting
effects of colonialism. Return to Belzagor - Ex-lieutenant Eddie
Gundersen returns to Belzagor, where he left behind his youthful
illusions, the love of his life, and a shameful history as a brutal
colonialist. Today, the planet has been returned to its two native,
intelligent species: the Nildorors and the Sulidorors. Acting as a
guide for a scientific expedition deep within native territory,
Gundersen confronts his inner demons and settles old scores with a
planet that hasn’t yet revealed all its secrets to him. Children
of Belzagor - Belzagor is a beautiful and mysterious planet, a
former Earth colony returned to its two native species. Eddie
Gundersen, a former colonist who has been initiated into some of
the planet's secrets, thinks he can live a quiet life there. But
threatened with expulsion, he is forced to accept a dangerous quest
that will lead him to the Ice Lands, to the farthest reaches of
Belzagor's unexplored territories... This journey confronts him not
only with the secrets that the planet still holds, but also with
old enmities.
“This is hard sci-fi done right.†—Publishers Weekly (starred
review). “One of the enduring classics of science
fiction.†—George R.R. Martin Deep in the future, natives of
the planet Hydros, an ocean planet whose inhabitants live on
artificial floating islands, force the entire human population of
the island of Sorve into exile, leaving the outcasts to
ponder their fate, their past, and the true purpose of humanity.
After a human offense against the natives of Hydros, the human
population of the island of Sorve are ordered to leave. Forbidden
on all other islands, in a flotilla of ships they seek the
semi-mythical island of the Face of the Waters. During their
journey they are forced to learn more about themselves, leading to
questions about both religion and the purpose of Man. At the end of
the novel Robert Silverberg addresses what it means to be human,
and explores what unites and divides humanity. This new edition of
THE FACE OF THE WATERS, published with the author's full support,
brings Silverberg’s brilliant novel back into the must-read
science-fiction canon, after decades of being out of print.
Ex-lieutenant Eddie Gundersen returns to Belzagor on a scientific
expedition to the borders of the indigenous lands, where he must
face his nemesis, Kurtz, and his own inner demons on a planet which
still has hidden secrets. "COLONIES: Return to Belzagor" is a new
edition of the previously released "Downward to the Earth" (2017).
It has been edited for content.
A disgraced LA music star faces execution for a crime he didn't
commit in the long-lost crime novel of Robert Silverberg, SFF
Writers of America Grand Master, available for the first time in
over 60 years. HAD L.A.'S HOTTEST BANDLEADER BECOME AN INSTRUMENT
OF DEATH? Before his extraordinary career as a grandmaster of
science fiction, Robert Silverberg honed his craft as a writer for
a variety of pulp magazines, including crime digests with titles
like Trapped and Guilty Detective Story Magazine. He also wrote
this long-lost novel, which appeared under the pen name "Stan
Vincent" in 1960 - and has never been published since. Meet Bob
McKay: once a rising star in the toniest nightclubs of Los Angeles,
now a down-and-out denizen of tawdry bars where B-girls hustle
drinks and brawls break out nightly. When one hustler winds up
strangled, McKay lands on Death Row. Can a starlet and a
sympathetic newspaper columnist clear his name before his date with
the death chamber? Featuring a new introduction by the author and
three bonus stories from Guilty and Trapped, THE HOT BEAT offers
readers a trip through time back to the pulp era, when a future
star was making his bones with stories of murder, betrayal, and
dangerous desires...
Acclaimed writer and editor Robert Silverberg gathered eleven of the finest writers in Fantasy to contribute to this collection of short novels. Each of the writers was asked to write a new story based on one of his or her most famous series: from Stephen King's opening piece set in his popular Gunslinger universe to Robert Jordan's early look at his famed Wheel of Time saga, these stories are exceptionally well written and universally well told. The authors include King, Jordan, and Silverberg himself, as well as Terry and Lyn Pratchett, Terry Goodkind, Orson Scott Card, Ursula K. Le Guin, Tad Williams, George R.R. Martin, Anne McCaffrey, and Raymond E. Feist.
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
Aliens in all shapes and sizes-some fearsome, some outlandish, and
some just plain fun-fill the pages of these hand-picked classic
stories by sci-fi grand master Robert Silverberg, each featuring a
new introduction by the acclaimed author. Every day we are
discovering new worlds in far-reaching galaxies which may or may
not sustain life as we know it. In Alien Archives: Eighteen Stories
of Extraterrestrial Encounters, sci-fi Grand Master Robert
Silverberg collects his finest short stories and novellas about one
of the genre's most enduring themes. Spanning fifty years of
writing from the Science Fiction Grand Master, this collection of
alien encounters features new introductions to all fifteen stories,
including the Hugo Award-nominated "Schwartz Between the Galaxies"
and HBO adapted "Amanda and the Alien." In these pages lie tales of
a young man venturing into the occupied territory of an alien
conquered United States to rescue his brother, three visitors from
a very strange alien world arriving on Earth and meeting a tragic
fate, and a dangerous life-form from a far-off world finding that
suburban California holds some beings that are even more dangerous
than it is. With Alien Archives, Silverberg puts us in contact with
extraterrestrial beings of all shapes, sizes, and
personalities-some fearsome, some outlandish, and some just plain
fun. The Associated Press says, "Done Silverberg's way, science
fiction is a fine art." With sheer force of imagination and
incredible storytelling skills, Alien Archives confirms that
Silverberg's classic work continues to resonate for readers today.
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
Robert Silverberg's 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. First published in 1970.
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Infinite Stars (Paperback)
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INFINITE STARS
This is the definitive collection of original short stories by many of today s finest authors, writing brand new adventures set in their most famous series. Herein lie canonical tales of the Honorverse, the Lost Fleet, Dune, Vatta s War, Ender Wiggin, the Legion of the Damned, the Imperium, and more.
Also included are past masterpieces by authors whose works defined the genre. Nebula and Hugo Award winners, New York Times bestsellers, and Science Fiction Grand Masters these authors take us to the farthest regions of space.
The modern masters of space opera and military science fiction, with 14 brand new stories set in their most famous universes exclusive to this volume!
Edward Davis, a rookie of the Time Service, has already made
several successful jumps to the past. Now he is given his most
important mission. *** Two members of the Service have disappeared
in ancient Egypt and Edward Davis's assignment is to locate and
rescue them. *** But is he ready for all that Egypt has to offer
and for the surprising truths he discovers as he explores this
ancient land of myths and mysteries-truths that jeopardize his own
mission and return back to the future?
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
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
OThough none of his best-known or award-winning stories are
included, these selections, which Silverberg deems the best of his
early era, illustrate his apprenticeship and presage the Grand
Master he has become.ON"Publishers Weekly"
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