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Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Robert Silverberg
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  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.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Secret Sharer [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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It's the starship captain's first voyage. He didn't need this kind of trouble. (Published: 1987) Hugo Award Nominee, Nebula Award(R) Nominee, Locus Poll Award Winner
Words: 24581 - Reading Time: 70-98 min.
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Gilgamesh in the Outback [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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In Satan's Kingdom, an unhappy Gilgamesh hunts the demonic beasts of Hell alone, without his lifelong friend Enkidu, for they have parted ways following a disagreement. He joins Robert Howard and H.P. Lovecraft, travelling ambassadors for King Henry VIII, to subvert a plot by Queen Elizabeth, who plans to build a fortress at Hell's Exit. (Published: 1986) Nebula Award(R) Nominee, Hugo Award Winner
Words: 21650 - Reading Time: 61-86 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Looking for the Fountain [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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A soldier traveling with Ponce de Leon recounts a different version of the search for the fountain of youth. (Published: 1992)
Words: 9472 - Reading Time: 27-37 min.
Category: Historical Fiction
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Starborne [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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It is the 23rd century and human endeavor has plateaued. Nothing is new. Science and culture have little left to discover. The human race is stagnant and the human spirit suffering, corroding. However, one last mission into the unknown remains. Unfortunately the future of the species depends on its success. A new type of starship, the Wotan, is built to send mankind on a search for a virgin world where humans can flourish under the challenge of reinvention. Knowing there is no return for them, t... more info>> (Published: 1996)
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A Pardoner's Tale [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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A hacker makes a living of giving freedom to the oppressed, while his past is silently pursuing him. (Published: 1987)
Words: 8716 - Reading Time: 24-34 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Capricorn Games [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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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. (Published: 1971)
Words: 6938 - Reading Time: 19-27 min.
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Double Dare [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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Two earthling engineers take an unlikely bar-room bet with a race of aliens. The whole thing gets out of hand, or in the case of the aliens out of tentacle.… (Published: 1956)
Words: 5044 - Reading Time: 14-20 min.
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Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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A perfect simulation of historic figures may be more than the simulators have bargained for. (Published: 1989) Hugo Award Winner
Words: 15377 - Reading Time: 43-61 min.
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Hannibal's Elephants [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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The first set of aliens to take up residence in central park weren't so bad. The really big ones that came next caused problems, though. (Published: 1988)
Words: 9324 - Reading Time: 26-37 min.
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In Entropy's Jaws [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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In a far future Earth, John Skein's skills as a Communicator bring him wealth and fame. He uses his mind as a conduit for joining the intellects of his clients to solve business or technical problems ... all for a substantial fee. When he joins his newest clients to solve a problem of matter transportation, the overload jolts Skein into a new perception of time that is driving him slowly insane. (Published: 1971)
Words: 14980 - Reading Time: 42-59 min.
Category: Alternate History
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In the Group [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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A man with nineteenth century romantic ideas finds that possessiveness is incompatible with his virtual-sex orgy group. [Strong Sexual Content] (Published: 1973)
Words: 5913 - Reading Time: 16-23 min.
Category: Erotica
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Kingdoms of the Wall [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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Each year twenty men and twenty women brave death and insanity in order to reach the Summit, a place where humans have the opportunity to learn directly from the gods. Poliar Crookleg has waited his whole life to go on the Pilgrimage to Kosa Saag. With his childhood friend Traiben, he is determined to be one of the few who return sane and filled with knowledge. But what the gods have to say may shatter the very fabric of the people's beliefs. Join Nebula and Hugo award-winner Robert Silverberg i... more info>>
Words: 120863 - Reading Time: 345-483 min.
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Many Mansions [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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Start with a troubled marriage and a mid-life crisis, add a lecherous old grandfather, then throw in a time machine and what do you get? Pure Silverberg magic! Clever, funny story that manages to expose practically every time travel paradox. [Sexual content] (Published: 1973)
Words: 10132 - Reading Time: 28-40 min.
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Push No More [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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A teenager finds he has the ability to move objects with his mind, but this leads to many complications. [Sexual content] (Published: 1972)
Words: 8477 - Reading Time: 24-33 min.
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Sailing to Byzantium [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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In the 50th century, a man tours a world he no longer recognizes--but longs to sail to Byzantium. A very visual, rich, textured story by Silverberg that took the 1985 Nebula Award(R). (Published: 1985) Nebula Award(R) Winner
Words: 24469 - Reading Time: 69-97 min.
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The Man in the Maze [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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As the first human to interact with an intelligent alien species, Richard Muller learned almost nothing during his year-long visit to the home planet of the strange, silent Hydrans. At the end of his mission, Muller discovers that the Hydrans secretly altered his mind to radiate his emotions to any human who comes near. He quickly learns from his friends and companions that experiencing the horrifying reality of a human soul invariably induces revulsion and despair. Rejected from society, Muller... more info>> (Published: 1969)
Words: 62661 - Reading Time: 179-250 min.
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The Sixth Palace [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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In a game strangely like "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" a robot asks questions of adventurers looking for treasure. If you answer all the questions correctly, you get the treasure, a vast trove of priceless artworks. But watch out! There are no lifelines in this version, and the penalty for a wrong answer literally is your life! (Editor's note: I'm sitting here on Thanksgiving night watching Regis quiz people on the TV show while I write this, and believe it or not he's just asked one of the qu... more info>> (Published: 1965)
Words: 3974 - Reading Time: 11-15 min.
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A Sleep and a Forgetting [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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What would the world be like if Ghengis Khan hadn't been raised as a Mongol nomad, but as a civilized city dweller--as a Byzantine Christian? (Published: 1989)
Words: 7916 - Reading Time: 22-31 min.
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At Winter's End [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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[First of 2 "New Springtime" novels.] Everyone on Earth for a million years or more had known that the death-stars were coming, that the Great World was doomed. One could not deny that; one could not hide from that. They had come before and surely they would come again, for their time was immutable, every twenty-six million years, and their time had come 'round once more. One by one they would crash down terribly from the skies, falling without mercy for thousands or even hundreds of thousands o... more info>> (Published: 1988) Locus Poll Award Nominee
Words: 165103 - Reading Time: 471-660 min.
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Born With the Dead [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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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. (Published: 1977) Science Fiction Hall of Fame Pick, Nebula Award(R) Winner, Hugo Award Nominee, Locus Poll Award Winner
Words: 25952 - Reading Time: 74-103 min.
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Caliban [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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In the 22nd century, the ugly man is king. (Sexual content) (Published: 1972)
Words: 4026 - Reading Time: 11-16 min.
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Chip Runner [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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A psychologist explores a boy's life-threatening obsession with the infinitely small. (Published: 1989)
Words: 5940 - Reading Time: 16-23 min.
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Collecting Team [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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Zoologists on an alien world are surprised to find stranger-than-normal creatures. Then the real trouble began. (Published: 1956)
Words: 5089 - Reading Time: 14-20 min.
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Death Do Us Part [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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People live almost forever, but what about their marriages? (Published: 1997)
Words: 7763 - Reading Time: 22-31 min.
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