EBOOK

Sailing to Byzantium

Six Novellas

Robert Silverberg
3.8
(4)
Pages
560
Year
2013
Language
English

About

A collection of six critically acclaimed novellas by science fiction Grand Master Robert Silverberg-including the Nebula Award–winning "Sailing to Byzantium" and "Born with the Dead" Robert Silverberg's novellas open the door to new worlds: In "Born with the Dead," a woman wills her body to be "rekindled" after death, allowing her to walk among the living, while her husband is left in the impossible position of accepting her death when he can still see her. In the Nebula Award­–nominated story "Homefaring," the time-traveling narrator finds himself trapped in the consciousness of a lobsterlike creature of the far future, leading him to reflect on what it means to be human. And in the collection's Nebula Award­–winning title story, the Earth of the fiftieth century is a place where time is elusive and fluid, and young citizens live as tourists in ancient cities.   Together, the stories in Sailing to Byzantium form an engrossing exploration of the short-novel form by one of science fiction's greatest writers.   This ebook features an illustrated biography of Robert Silverberg including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.

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"The detailed plots and situations represented in this collection cover much futuristic ground, ranging from the physics of time and space travel to the role of God in societies to come."
Publishers Weekly
"He remains one of the most imaginative and versatile writers ever to have been involved with [science fiction]. His productivity has seemed almost superhuman, and his abrupt metamorphosis . . . into a prose artist was an accomplishment unparalleled within the field."
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
"[Silverberg] is a master."
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

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