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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. 1971
Words: 14980 - Reading Time: 42-59 min.
Category: Alternate History
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The World Outside [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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In the 24th century there are 75 billion people on earth, and they live in monstrous high-rise buildings that are worlds unto themselves. Over 800 stories tall, the "Urban Monad" allows everyone to live in a Utopia. Or is it a Utopia? This story was later expanded into an urban SF novel called "The World Inside." 1970 Hugo Award Nominee
Words: 18584 - Reading Time: 53-74 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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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. 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.
Category: Science Fiction
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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. 1986 Nebula Award(R) Nominee, Hugo Award Winner
Words: 21650 - Reading Time: 61-86 min.
Category: Fantasy
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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. 1989 Hugo Award Winner
Words: 15377 - Reading Time: 43-61 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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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). 1985 Nebula Award(R) Winner
Words: 24469 - Reading Time: 69-97 min.
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. 1987 Hugo Award Nominee, Nebula Award(R) Nominee, Locus Poll Award Winner
Words: 24581 - Reading Time: 70-98 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Passengers [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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He didn't want to be afflicted by the passengers, his own body housing them against his will. This time the passenger seems to have been with a woman, and now the unwilling host is obsessed to find her. 1968 Hugo Award Nominee, Nebula Award(R) Winner
Words: 4851 - Reading Time: 13-19 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Master of Life and Death [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Robert Silverberg
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From Robert Silverberg's contemporary afterword: "What I wanted to do in short was to produce a masterpiece. I don't mean that word 'masterpiece' in the pretentious sense, not a sublime work of genius but merely the piece of work which a craftsman presents by way of proving that the apprenticeship is over. That required an elaborate plot. My earliest books suffered from an inability to tie up loose ends...so I studied my elders, I analyzed the means by which the science fiction writers I admired... more info>>
Category: Science Fiction
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The Conglomeroid Cocktail Party [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by Robert Silverberg
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Robert Silverberg is one of science fiction's greatest writers. The Conglomeroid Cocktail Party is a collection of 16 short stories. Take a journey through infinity with a master of short fiction to lead you. 2000
Category: Science Fiction
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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? 1997
Words: 7763 - Reading Time: 22-31 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Downward To The Earth [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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Gundersen returns to Holman's World seeking atonement for his harsh years as colonial governer. But now this lush, exotic planet of mystery is called by its ancient name of Belzagor, and it belongs once again to its native alien races, the nildoror and the sulidoror. Drawn by its spell, Gundersen begins a harrowing pilgrimage to its mist-shrouded north, to witness a strange ritual rebirth that would alter him forever. 1969
Words: 62000 - Reading Time: 177-248 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>> 1988 Locus Poll Award Nominee
Words: 165103 - Reading Time: 471-660 min.
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To Live Again [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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True immortality for humans is just a dream, but with the Scheffing process, the extremely wealthy can purchase the next best thing. For an exorbitant fee, the Scheffing Institute will make a copy of your mind's 'persona', hold it in storage until your death, and then transplant it into sub-layers of the brain of a willing (and paying) host. The result for the host is immediate access to the persona's memories, knowledge, experiences, and judgment ... for the persona, it means full consciousness... more info>> 1969
Words: 69259 - Reading Time: 197-277 min.
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Invaders from Earth [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Robert Silverberg
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Ted Kennedy, advertising executive for the Ganymede Project, is made aware of a plan for genocide, for the murder of all the peaceful natives of Ganymede in furtherance of commerce...and it is his decision as to whether he collaborates with, facilitates this genocide or--by opposing it, by bringing the truth to the public--he risks not mere failure but utter destruction.
Robert Silverberg's comment on his novel: ..."it involves a Madison Avenue hoax involving a nonexistent colony on Ganymede ... more info>>
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The King of Dreams [Majipoor Chronicles] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Robert Silverberg
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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, de... more info>> 2001
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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] 1973
Words: 10132 - Reading Time: 28-40 min.
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World of a Thousand Colours [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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One man would do anything to take "The Test" on a world filled with supernatural colours. But can he pass the test once he gets there, and
if he does pass, does he really want the mysterious prize? 1957
Words: 4793 - Reading Time: 13-19 min.
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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. 1971
Words: 6938 - Reading Time: 19-27 min.
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The Road to Nightfall [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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In a war-torn New York City, a former soldier fights for food and survival as supplies are cut off. 1958
Words: 9026 - Reading Time: 25-36 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Man Who Never Forgot [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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A perfect memory may lead to more problems than it's worth. 1958
Words: 5730 - Reading Time: 16-22 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. 1956
Words: 5089 - Reading Time: 14-20 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.… 1956
Words: 5044 - Reading Time: 14-20 min.
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The Iron Star [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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A team of earth explorers have a difficult mission: to retrieve a spoonful of material from the center of a neutron star. They never expected to run into an alien starship orbiting the same system ... and they have no idea just how dangerous the aliens might be.
Words: 8953 - Reading Time: 25-35 min.
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Hot Times in Magma City [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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A volcano has erupted near Los Angeles. Now, the only thing that stands between downtown Hollywood and certain destruction by molten lava flows is a tight-knit band of recovering drug addicts. One of Silverberg's most talked-about recent short works. Year's Best Science Fiction Selection
Words: 20096 - Reading Time: 57-80 min.
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