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Bill Hastings was one in a million. He was the winner of a planet-wide contest, and the prize was a chance to spend a year working at the 1992 World's Fair. For the young xenobiology student, it was the opportunity of a lifetime. Fifty thousand miles above the Earht, a gigantic satellite moved in it... More

Three thousand years after Earth's colonization of the planet Borthan, stories of self-serving hypocrisy that occurred among the first arrivals have bred a culture that forbids emotional sharing and denies the naturally human concept of "self." The result is a lasting peace, but at a terrible price.... More

The book deals with immortality, intelligent dolphins, space travel, time travel, a robot pope, forced organ donorship, newspapers, from the future, extrasensory perception, and mutants.... More

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 "Gun... More

Fantasy fans, rejoice! Seven years after writer and editor Robert Silverberg made publishing history with Legends, his acclaimed anthology of original short novels by some of the greatest writers in fantasy fiction, the long-awaited second volume is here. Legends II picks up where its illustrious pr... More

By the 23rd century Earth's population had reached seven billion. Mankind was in danger of perishing for lack of elbow room—unless prompt measures were taken. Roy Walton had the power to enforce those measures. But though his job was in the service of humanity, he soon found himself the most hated m... More

The Lexman Spacedrive gave man the stars—but at a fantastic price. Interstellar exploration, colonization, and trade became things of reality. The benefits to Earth were enormous. But because of the Fitzgerald Contraction, a man who shipped out to space could never live a normal life on Earth again.... More

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. ... More

Seeking the immortality promised in an ancient manuscript, The Book of Skulls, four friends, college roommates, go on a spring break trip to Arizona: Eli, the scholar, who found and translated the book; Timothy, scion of an American dynasty, born and bred to lead; Ned, poet and cynic; and Oliver, th... More

Dan Beauchamp, a young man from London, or as it's better known, New Istanbul, sails across the Atlantic to the land of opportunity, the Aztec Empire which stretches across the continent.... More

Eternal life. Isn't that what every religion offers in some way? Existence beyond just this? For Noel Vorst, the quest for eternal life is something much more tangible, driven through science, reaching out to the physical stars in place of a metaphorical Heaven. For his followers, the Vorsters, that... More

Two identical twins zip from the past to the future in a wild time travellign adventure from the beginning to the end of time.... More

With cosmic irony and rampant inventiveness, Star of Gypsies hurtles to a triumphant denouement that sees a once-dispossessed and scorned people become masters of a galactic dominion, led by one of the most charismatic characters in fiction--past, present and future. Yakoub, King of the Gypsies.... More

The classic science fiction novel, now back in print1972 Locus Poll Award nominee, best SF novelIN THE BEGINNING... there was no Brooklyn, no St. Louis, no Shakespeare, no moon, no hunger, no death... IN THE BEGINNING... there were no real men, no real women, nothing but dispassionately passionate a... More

Nine science fiction stories including: Something Wild Is Loose, To See the Invisible Man, Ishmael in Love, How It Was When the Past Went Away, To the Dark Star, The Fangs of the Trees, Hidden Talent, The Song the Zombie Sang, and Flies.... More

A way into the past had been found, and people were flocking through it for a better life, no matter what peril they might pose to the threatened present.... More

Two time-travellers from the 27th century have gone missing in ancient Egypt. Edward Davis, from Time Service, is sent back in time to find them. He arrives in Thebes, to discover that his training for survival is no protection against the magic of Egypt..... More

Muller had been sent to spy on the first alien race mankind had ever encountered. But they discovered him and cursed him with a terrible power that made his presence unbearable to his fellows.... More

In the 25th century a segment of humanity is living on tiny islands scattered across the water-world of Hydros. When the inhabitants of Sorve Island are forcibly evicted by the natives of Hydros - the Gillies - they must set out on a perilous journey across the Empty Sea, in search of the fabled lan... More

The scene is Earth many centuries in the future, where all of life's problems have been solved. But while humanity may be well fed, amply clothed, in perfect health, and rich beyond imagination, people are bored nearly to death. To bring a little spark back into the lives of humankind, the people of... More

After the destruction of the Great World, a small group of humans led by women, emerges from its hiding place. They find a world much changed and with many dangers to be faced.... More

Sequel to Lord Valentine's Castle.... More

How far will four friends go for immortality? This novel is Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author “Robert Silverberg at his very best” (George R. R. Martin). After Eli, a scholarly college student, finds and translates an ancient manuscript called The Book of Skulls, he and his friends embark on a cr... More

Are the Old Martians really a lost race, or are they still alive somewhere on the red planet? Sally and Jim must help their father find out!... More