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The Nebula Awards No. 18

Robert Silverberg

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Star Of Gypsies

Robert Silverberg

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Total reviews: 5 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Really good... 4 out of 5 stars.
8 of 11 people found this review helpful.

Silverberg is very inconsistent and I can't say I like any of his latest books, such as "Starborne" or "A Hot Sky at Midnight". Luckily, "Star of Gypsies" appears to be one of his earlier works, and it is quite good. Not quite like "Lord Valentine's Castle", but still great. Adventures of Yakoub, the King of Gypsies, and the worlds they take him to are varied and wondrous, and Yakoub himself is quite a character. This is definitely a book worth reading!

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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?

Fantasy Hall of Fame

Robert Silverberg

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Probably Best Fantasy Anthology. Ever! 5 out of 5 stars.
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Contents:
Trouble with Water - H. L. Gold
Nothing in the Rules - L. Sprague de Camp
Fruit of Knowledge - C. L. Moore
Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius - Jorge Luis Borges
The Compleat Werewolf - Anthony Boucher
The Small Assassin - Ray Bradbury
The Lottery - Shirley Jackson
Our Fair City - Robert A. Heinlein
There Shall Be No Darkness - James Blish
The Loom of Darkness - Jack Vance
The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles - Margaret St. Clair
The Silken-Swift - Theodore Sturgeon
The Golem - Avram Davidson
Operation Afreet - Poul Anderson
That Hell-Bound Train - Robert Bloch
The Bazaar of the Bizarre - Fritz Leiber
Come Lady Death - Peter S. Beagle
The Drowned Giant - J. G. Ballard
Narrow Valley - R. A. Lafferty
Faith of Our Fathers - Philip K. Dick
The Ghost of a Model T - Clifford D. Simak
The Demoness - Tanith Lee
Jeffty Is Five - Harlan Ellison
The Detective of Dreams - Gene Wolfe
Unicorn Variations - Roger Zelazny
Basileus - Robert Silverberg
The Jaguar Hunter - Lucius Shepard
Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight - Ursula K. Le Guin
Bears Discover Fire - Terry Bisson
Tower of Babylon - Ted Chiang

Most are classics. Some of them are otherwise hard to find. This book has again to be reprinted.
Highlights:
Trouble with Water - H. L. Gold
Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius - Jorge Luis Borges
That Hell-Bound Train - Robert Bloch
The Bazaar of the Bizarre - Fritz Leiber
And many more. Classic writers; the best of these writers.
If you can find it, buy it immediately.
Too bad there is only one story of each writer. I would love to have seen more of Tanith Lee. Her short stories are_very_hard to come by.
I think this is the best F anthology ever printed. These are multi-functional stories; elements of H too. Very good atmosphere. Fritz Leiber story will......you. Leiber is so good!
Happy hunting!

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The authorative companion and follow-up to the acclaimed Science Fiction Hall of Fame  acknowledges the importance of fantasy to modern literature, and enshrine the 30 favorite short stories of all time.

Chosen by popular ballot among the 1000 professionals who make their livings creating America's bestselling dreams, these are the undisputed classics: The unforgettable stories that influenced and shaped the imagination at work in the field today.

Here are the stories that shaped the shapers.Here are the stories that will live forever.

Universe 1

Robert Silverberg

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Fine anthology with provocative stories 4 out of 5 stars.
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There are twenty stories collected in Universe 1, only two of which (by Francis Valery and K. Hernandez-Brun) are unreadable. Most of the remaining eighteen are provocative, enjoyable, amusing, moving, or all of the above - a remarkably high success rate for any anthology.

Some particular standouts:

"The Translator" by Kim Stanley Robinson. A human is forced to use an inaccurate translating machine to avert a war between two alien cultures. A deft portrayal of cunning deception, and the loose translations generated by the machine show Robinson to be herself a master of language.

"One Night in Television City" by Paul DiFilippo. The story itself is rather blah, but DiFilippo creates a narrative voice that is very Raymond Chandler-esque while advancing the slang and idioms a few hundred years. The word choices and the language that ensues is a fine example of a technical mastery of the written word (it is just unfortunate that the substance does not live up to the technique).

"Alimentary Tract" by Scott Baker describes a world where gluttony is punished by allowing the glutton to gorge himself; all calories are diverted to needy families in Southeast Asia. An intriguing idea played to out to wonderful comedic and insightful effect.

"The Songs the Anemone Sing" by Grania Davis is a powerful, moving tale of inter-species (platonic) love. Davis' ability to evoke powerful emotions in fifteen pages is astonishing.

"Love Is a Drug" by Leah Alpert is, perhaps, the highlight of the book. In Alpert's society, couples must undergo drug therapy before they can be divorced. Occasionally, though, the therapist injects the wrong drug! Wildly entertaining, and a pure pleasure from the opening line to the satisfying ending.

Amidst such excellent stories, Ursula K. LeGuin's contribution, "The Shobie's Story" is the only actual disappointment. Which isn't to say that the Shobie's story is a dull one; it's just that one expects perfection from the author of The Left Hand of Darkness and perfection isn't present here.

One final observation, several of the stories are post-apocalyptic, which is somewhat surprising given the stories were written in 1989/1990 when the Cold War seemed to be coming to an end and world-wide optimism was high. Once upon a time science fiction was the literature of the hopeful; not for several of these writers.

Overall, Universe 1 is a very worthwhile collection, one that should be appreciated by not only science fiction fans, but also fans of good literature in general.

In the Beginning: Tales from the Pulp Era

Robert Silverberg

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Insight into 1950s SF and one of SF's most prolific masters 4 out of 5 stars.
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Fans of Silverberg and anybody interested in the 1950s SF scene should definitely check this out. For the most part the stories are fun and move along briskly, and each is preceded by an epigraph or short essay in which Silverberg talks about his early career and sheds light on his writing techniques and his relationships with SF magazines, their editors, and other SF writers in the 1950s.

Not Free SF Reader 4 out of 5 stars.
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I was able to get this thanks to Subterranean selling through webscriptions. Sometimes even more interesting than the 'formula adventure stories' that the author calls them at times is his recounting of how they came to be.

Reasonably lengthy introductions to each piece detail his relationship with various editors of lower tier Science Fiction magazines at the time, and how they often used a stable of house writers, and multiple different pseudonyms.

Sometimes Silverberg would have several stories in the same issue, all under different names, of course. A man blessed with the ability to be able to writer incredibly fast, knocking out novelettes in a day or two when he had to.

It also includes him talking about his relationship with Randall Garrett.

The stories themselves are ok in general (3.25), supposed to be a bit of fun, in the main. You do of course have to realise that they were all written in the 1950s.

In the Beginning : Yokel with Portfolio - Robert Silverberg
In the Beginning : Long Live the Kejwa - Robert Silverberg
In the Beginning : Guardian of the Crystal Gate - Robert Silverberg
In the Beginning : Choke Chain - Robert Silverberg
In the Beginning : Citadel of Darkness - Robert Silverberg
In the Beginning : Cosmic Kill - Robert Silverberg
In the Beginning : New Year's Eve2000 A.D. - Robert Silverberg
In the Beginning : The Android Kill - Robert Silverberg
In the Beginning : The Hunters of Cutwold - Robert Silverberg
In the Beginning : Come into My Brain - Robert Silverberg
In the Beginning : Castaways of Space - Robert Silverberg
In the Beginning : Exiled from Earth - Robert Silverberg
In the Beginning : Second Start - Robert Silverberg
In the Beginning : Mournful Monster - Robert Silverberg
In the Beginning : Vampires from Outer Space - Robert Silverberg
In the Beginning : The Insidious Invaders - Robert Silverberg


Handling the alien monster like that is a load of bull.

3 out of 5


Landing getaway leaves him worshipfully in over his head.

3.5 out of 5


Manjacked giant diamond bitchfight freedom.

3.5 out of 5


Breathing tax.

3.5 out of 5


"and when one came, it was a female. She was over six feet tall, with a magnificent body only nominally covered by her brief clothing, and strapped to her hip was a gem-studded blaster. I stepped out behind her as she went past. "I hate to do this to a lady," I said apologetically, as I clubbed down on the back of her neck and grabbed the blaster from its holster in the same motion. She started to crumple before I had the gun out."
...

"A sudden burst of thought illuminated my mind. "If that's true, I think I know how I can carry this thing off. Let's go someplace where I can get out of all these spacesuits and into a slave's loincloth!"

3.5 out of 5


Mercurian lust, loyalty and zam-gums. On speed.

3 out of 5


Space Age celebration.

3 out of 5


Don't shoot me, I ain't no tin man.

3 out of 5


Sentient shooting.

3.5 out of 5


"Get out of my mind, Earthman!"

3.5 out of 5


Piss off Space Patrol boy, queen is just fine thanks.

3 out of 5


Alien theatre.

2.5 out of 5


"Look," I said. "I'm a Rehab. That means I've been through the Center, analyzed, monkeyed-with, headshrunk, rearranged. There isn't a criminal molecule left in me. I can't do it even if I wanted to. And I don't want to."

3.5 out of 5


Put me out of my misery.

3.5 out of 5


If those aliens aren't the bloodsuckers, must be the non-vegetarian ones.

3.5 out of 5


Not my brother anymore.

3 out of 5




3.5 out of 5

Needle In A Timestack

Robert Silverberg

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Silverbob always impresses 5 out of 5 stars.
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These stories, written in the 1950s and 1960s focus on the human psyche...what happens if someone offers you money for film rights to your surgery, if you agree not to use anesthetic? What happens to someone who visits a society where sickness is unknown, and is immediately imprisoned in a hermetically sealed environment against contamination? These questions and more are discussed in stories that read at a breakneck pace.

Forty years later, the questions are still timely and relevant, and can be considered in relation to "reality" TV and overprotectiveness and political correctness. And Silverberg never takes the easy way out. This is what science fiction is supposed to be--the future of the human spirit.

There is also a later edition with the same title, with a couple of additional stories added. Both editions are well worth acquiring.

Best Collection of Short Stories Ever Written 5 out of 5 stars.
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Get this book at all costs! Absolutely the best short sci-fi stories I've ever read.

An acidulous collection of science fiction stories 5 out of 5 stars.
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What a great fortune that this volume dropped into my lap. The very first story looks at issues that are now relevant to most television adherents: "reality TV." Where is morality in presenting painful situations or even physical pain to a viewing public in the name of entertainment? From scenarios of manipulating news (à George Orwell) to interplanetary sideshows to illegal temporal jumping, these stories will entertain the most serious science fiction buffs and those who are just whetting their appetite for this amazing genre. The most abstract and haunting is perhaps "The Sixth Palace" in which Silverberg leaves a lot to his readers' imaginations. My favorite is "To See the Invisible Man." Take some time to read these great adventures.

The individual story titles (and date of copyright) are listed below:

"The Pain Peddlers" (1963)
"Passport to Sirius" (1958)
"Birds of a Feather" (1958)
"There Was an Old Woman" (1958)
"The Shadow of Wings" (1963)
"Absolutely Inflexible" (1966)
"His Brother's Weeper" (1959)
"The Sixth Palace" (1955)
"To See the Invisible Man" (1963)
"The Iron Chancellor" (1958)

Science Fiction: The Best of 2001 (Science Fiction: The Best of ... (Quality))

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An enjoyable and thought-provoking SF anthology 5 out of 5 stars.
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I had high hopes for "Science Fiction: The Best of 2001," the anthology edited by Robert Silverberg and Karen Haber. The main reason I was so enthused about the book was due to the presence of science fiction legend Silverberg as co-editor; I figured, "This guy knows sci-fi." Well, I was not disappointed. "2001" is a marvelous collection of 11 tales about humans, extraterrestrials, robots, and/or genetically engineered creatures.

My favorite tales in the anthology are as follows: Michael Blumlein's "Know How, Can Do," told in the first-person by a genetically engineered "chimeric life form"; Richard Wadholm's "From Here You Can See the Sunquists," about a couple's visit to a town that is enveloped by a temporal anomaly; Robin Wayne Bailey's "Keepers of Earth," the story of a devastated earth, abandoned by humanity and populated by robots; Michael Swanwick's "The Dog Said Bow-Wow," in which a genetically engineered superdog has an adventure in a future London; Nancy Kress's "And No Such Things Grow Here," which opens with the protagonist learning that her sister has been arrested for GMFA (Genetic Modification Felony Actions); and Dan Simmons's "On K2 with Kanakaredes," the rather touching story of an interspecies mountain climbing expedition.

But the best story in the collection, in my opinion, is Jim Grimsley's haunting "Into Greenwood." This tale takes place on a planet where neutered, genetically altered humans serve as symbionts for a race of intelligent trees. "Into Greenwood" is a superb blend of a compelling sci-fi concept, great character development, and wonderful descriptive writing. I recommend "Science Fiction: The Best of 2001" both for pleasure reading and as a classroom literature text.

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The best stories of the year, as selected by the one of the world's most honoured science fiction authors and his long-time collaborator. Here in one affordable volume is the best short science fiction of the year as selected from magazines, anthologies and journals. It is the first 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.

Battlefields Beyond Tommorow Science Fiction War Stories

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

good book for sci-fi fans 3 out of 5 stars.
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I found this book at a used-book store in Wisconsin and bought it solely for one of its newer stories -- the original Ender's Game novella, by Orson Scott Card -- later turned into an award-winning novel. However, in reading the other stories, I found that some of the other stories are quite good. The authors are your basic sci-fi group -- Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein, etc. -- and some newer ones, like Card. The stories themselves are good science fiction, if not particularly deep -- none of them really stick with you as 'great literature', some of them -- like the Asimov story -- have a gimmick that can carry the story well. Generally this is an anthology for those who are already fans of science fiction war stories -- a small population, but one who would enjoy this book.

great sci fi 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book is one of the best collection of sci-fi war stories I have ever read.

Best Fantasy 2001 (Fantastic Audio Series)

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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.