Robert Silverberg
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Robert Silverberg is an American author, best known for writing science fiction
. He is a multiple nominee of the Hugo Award
and a winner of the Nebula Award
.
, New York. A voracious reader since childhood, he began submitting stories to science fiction magazines during his early teenage years. He attended Columbia University
, receiving a B.A.
in English Literature
in 1956. His first published novel
, a children's book called Revolt on Alpha C
, appeared in 1955, and he won his first Hugo the following year for "best new writer". For the next four years, by his own count, he wrote a million words a year, mostly for magazines and Ace Doubles. He later stated that he regretted committing to paper almost all of his writing from this time frame, and that it made it harder for him to be taken seriously later. In 1959 the market for science fiction collapsed, and Silverberg turned his ability to write copiously to other fields, from carefully researched historical
nonfiction to softcore pornography.
, then editing three science fiction magazines, offered Silverberg carte blanche in writing for them. Thus inspired, Silverberg returned to the field that gave him his start, paying far more attention to depth of character development and social background than he had in the past and mixing in elements of the modernist literature he had studied at Columbia.
The novels he wrote in this period are considered far superior to his earlier work. Perhaps the first book to indicate the new Silverberg was To Open the Sky, a fixup of stories published by Pohl in Galaxy Magazine, in which a new religion helps people reach the stars. That was followed by Downward to the Earth
, a story containing echoes of material from Joseph Conrad
's work, in which the human former administrator of an alien world returns after the planet's inhabitants have been set free. Other acclaimed works of that time include To Live Again, in which the memories and personalities of the deceased can be transferred to other people; The World Inside
, a look at an overpopulated future; and Dying Inside
, a tale of a telepath losing his powers.
In 1969 Nightwings
was awarded the Hugo for best novella
. Silverberg won a Nebula award in 1970 for the short story Passengers
, two the following year for his novel A Time of Changes
and the short story Good News from the Vatican, and yet another in 1975 for his novella Born with the Dead.
malfunction and a major house fire, Silverberg moved from his native New York to the West Coast
in 1972, and announced his retirement from writing in 1975. In 1980 he returned, however, with Lord Valentine's Castle, a panoramic adventure set on an alien planet, which has become the basis of the Majipoor series
;— a cycle of stories and novels set on the vast planet Majipoor, a world much larger than Earth and inhabited by no fewer than seven different species of settlers.
Silverberg received a Nebula award in 1986 for his novella Sailing to Byzantium, which takes its name from the poem by William Butler Yeats
; a Hugo in 1987 for his novella Gilgamesh in the Outback
, set in the Heroes in Hell
universe of Bangsian Fantasy
; a Hugo in 1990 for Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another; and in 2004 he was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America.
Silverberg has been married twice. He married his first wife, Barbara Brown, in 1956. The couple separated in 1976 and divorced a decade later. Silverberg married science fiction author Karen Haber
in 1987. The couple resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.
In 2007, Silverberg was elected president of the Fantasy Amateur Press Association
.
Forthcoming:
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
. He is a multiple nominee of the Hugo Award
Hugo Award
The Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was officially named the Science Fiction Achievement Awards...
and a winner of the Nebula Award
Nebula Award
The Nebula Award is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America , for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the previous year...
.
Early years
Silverberg was born in BrooklynBrooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
, New York. A voracious reader since childhood, he began submitting stories to science fiction magazines during his early teenage years. He attended Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, receiving a B.A.
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in English Literature
English literature
English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, J....
in 1956. His first published novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
, a children's book called Revolt on Alpha C
Revolt on Alpha C
Revolt on Alpha C is a science fiction novel written by Robert Silverberg and published in 1955. It was Silverberg's first published novel.- Plot summary :...
, appeared in 1955, and he won his first Hugo the following year for "best new writer". For the next four years, by his own count, he wrote a million words a year, mostly for magazines and Ace Doubles. He later stated that he regretted committing to paper almost all of his writing from this time frame, and that it made it harder for him to be taken seriously later. In 1959 the market for science fiction collapsed, and Silverberg turned his ability to write copiously to other fields, from carefully researched historical
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
nonfiction to softcore pornography.
Literary growth in the '60's and early 70's
In the mid-1960s, science fiction writers were becoming more literarily ambitious. Frederik PohlFrederik Pohl
Frederik George Pohl, Jr. is an American science fiction writer, editor and fan, with a career spanning over seventy years — from his first published work, "Elegy to a Dead Planet: Luna" , to his most recent novel, All the Lives He Led .He won the National Book Award in 1980 for his novel Jem...
, then editing three science fiction magazines, offered Silverberg carte blanche in writing for them. Thus inspired, Silverberg returned to the field that gave him his start, paying far more attention to depth of character development and social background than he had in the past and mixing in elements of the modernist literature he had studied at Columbia.
The novels he wrote in this period are considered far superior to his earlier work. Perhaps the first book to indicate the new Silverberg was To Open the Sky, a fixup of stories published by Pohl in Galaxy Magazine, in which a new religion helps people reach the stars. That was followed by Downward to the Earth
Downward to the Earth
Downward to the Earth is a 1970 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg. It is a tale of the quest for transcendence set on another planet, and includes references to Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad's classic tale of colonialism, including the name of Kurtz.Downward to the Earth was originally...
, a story containing echoes of material from Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad was a Polish-born English novelist.Conrad is regarded as one of the great novelists in English, although he did not speak the language fluently until he was in his twenties...
's work, in which the human former administrator of an alien world returns after the planet's inhabitants have been set free. Other acclaimed works of that time include To Live Again, in which the memories and personalities of the deceased can be transferred to other people; The World Inside
The World Inside
The World Inside is a science fiction novel written by Robert Silverberg and published in 1971. The novel's first chapter was first published in 1970 as a short story titled "A Happy Day in 2381"...
, a look at an overpopulated future; and Dying Inside
Dying Inside
Dying Inside is a science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg. It was nominated for the Nebula Award in 1972, and both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1973.- Summary:...
, a tale of a telepath losing his powers.
In 1969 Nightwings
Nightwings
Nightwings is a science fiction novella by Robert Silverberg. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novella in 1969 and was also nominated for the Nebula Award in 1968. Nightwings is the first in a trilogy of novellas, the next two being Perris Way and To Jorslem...
was awarded the Hugo for best novella
Novella
A novella is a written, fictional, prose narrative usually longer than a novelette but shorter than a novel. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Awards for science fiction define the novella as having a word count between 17,500 and 40,000...
. Silverberg won a Nebula award in 1970 for the short story Passengers
Passengers (story)
"Passengers" is a science fiction short story by Robert Silverberg. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story 1970, and won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story in 1969.-Plot summary:The story is set in the year 1987...
, two the following year for his novel A Time of Changes
A Time of Changes
A Time of Changes is a 1971 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg. It won the Nebula Award for that year, and was also nominated for the Hugo and Locus Awards for in 1972.- Plot introduction :...
and the short story Good News from the Vatican, and yet another in 1975 for his novella Born with the Dead.
Later developments
After suffering through the stresses of a thyroidThyroid
The thyroid gland or simply, the thyroid , in vertebrate anatomy, is one of the largest endocrine glands. The thyroid gland is found in the neck, below the thyroid cartilage...
malfunction and a major house fire, Silverberg moved from his native New York to the West Coast
West Coast of the United States
West Coast or Pacific Coast are terms for the westernmost coastal states of the United States. The term most often refers to the states of California, Oregon, and Washington. Although not part of the contiguous United States, Alaska and Hawaii do border the Pacific Ocean but can't be included in...
in 1972, and announced his retirement from writing in 1975. In 1980 he returned, however, with Lord Valentine's Castle, a panoramic adventure set on an alien planet, which has become the basis of the Majipoor series
Majipoor series
The Majipoor series is a series of novels and stories by Robert Silverberg, set on the planet Majipoor. The setting is a mixture of elements of science fiction and fantasy...
;— a cycle of stories and novels set on the vast planet Majipoor, a world much larger than Earth and inhabited by no fewer than seven different species of settlers.
Silverberg received a Nebula award in 1986 for his novella Sailing to Byzantium, which takes its name from the poem by William Butler Yeats
Sailing to Byzantium
"Sailing to Byzantium" is a poem by William Butler Yeats, first published in the 1928 collection The Tower. It comprises four stanzas in ottava rima, each made up of eight ten-syllable lines. It uses a journey to Constantinople as a metaphor for a spiritual journey. Yeats explores his thoughts and...
; a Hugo in 1987 for his novella Gilgamesh in the Outback
Gilgamesh in the Outback
Gilgamesh in the Outback is a science fiction novella by Robert Silverberg, a sequel to his novel Gilgamesh the King as well as a story in the shared universe series Heroes in Hell. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novella in 1987 and was also nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 1986...
, set in the Heroes in Hell
Heroes in Hell
Heroes in Hell is a series of shared world fantasy books, within the genre Bangsian fantasy, created and edited by Janet Morris and written by her, Chris Morris, C. J. Cherryh and others...
universe of Bangsian Fantasy
Bangsian fantasy
Bangsian fantasy is a fantasy genre which concerns the use of famous literary or historical individuals and their interactions in the afterlife. It is named for John Kendrick Bangs who often wrote it.-Definition:According to E. F...
; a Hugo in 1990 for Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another; and in 2004 he was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America.
Silverberg has been married twice. He married his first wife, Barbara Brown, in 1956. The couple separated in 1976 and divorced a decade later. Silverberg married science fiction author Karen Haber
Karen Haber
Karen Haber is a science fiction and non-fiction author and editor, as well an art critic and historian. She is the author of nine novels including Star Trek Voyager: Bless the Beasts, and co-author of Science of the X-Men...
in 1987. The couple resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.
In 2007, Silverberg was elected president of the Fantasy Amateur Press Association
Fantasy Amateur Press Association
The Fantasy Amateur Press Association or FAPA is science fiction fandom's longest-established amateur press association . It was founded in 1937 by Donald A. Wollheim and John Michel. They were inspired to create FAPA by their memberships in some of the non-science fiction amateur press...
.
Novels
- Revolt on Alpha CRevolt on Alpha CRevolt on Alpha C is a science fiction novel written by Robert Silverberg and published in 1955. It was Silverberg's first published novel.- Plot summary :...
(1955) - The Thirteenth Immortal (1956)
- Master of Life and Death (1957)
- The Shrouded PlanetThe Shrouded PlanetThe Shrouded Planet is a 1957 science fiction novel published under the name "Robert Randall," but actually the collaborative work of two writers, Robert Silverberg and Randall Garrett. It consists of three linked stories, each originally published separately in the magazine Astounding Science...
(1957) (with Randall GarrettRandall GarrettRandall Garrett was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was a prolific contributor to Astounding and other science fiction magazines of the 1950s and 1960s...
, as Robert Randall) - Collision CourseCollision Course (novel)Collision Course is a novel by science fiction author Robert Silverberg first published in hardcover in 1958 by Avalon Books and reprinted in paperback as an Ace Double later that year. Ace reissued it as a stand-alone volume in 1977 and 1982; a Tor paperback appeared in 1988. An Italian...
(1958) - Invaders from Earth (1958)
- Aliens from Space (1958) (as David Osborne)
- Invisible Barriers (1958) (as David Osborne)
- Starman's QuestStarman's QuestStarman's Quest is a science fiction novel by author Robert Silverberg. It was published in 1958 by Gnome Press in an edition of 5,000 copies, of which only 3,000 were bound...
(1958) - The Plot Against Earth (1959) (as Calvin M. Knox)
- The Dawning LightThe Dawning LightThe Dawning Light is a 1959 science fiction novel published under the name Robert Randall, but actually the collaborative work of two writers, Robert Silverberg and Randall Garrett...
(1959) (with Randall GarrettRandall GarrettRandall Garrett was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was a prolific contributor to Astounding and other science fiction magazines of the 1950s and 1960s...
, as Robert Randall) - The Planet Killers (1959)
- Lost Race of Mars (1960)
- The Seed of EarthThe Seed of EarthThe Seed of Earth is a science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg, originally published as an Ace Double in 1962. The novel takes place in the near future, and tells the story of a group of individuals, selected randomly by a government-sponsored lottery, who are forced to leave Earth and...
(1962) - Recalled to Life (1962)
- The Silent Invaders (1963)
- Time of the Great FreezeTime of the Great FreezeTime of the Great Freeze is a science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg, first published by Holt Rhinehart Winston in 1964. The novel concerns a group of explorers, living in an underground city three hundred years after an environmental catastrophe has triggered a new Ice Age, who decide to...
(1963) - Regan's Planet (1964)
- One of Our Asteroids is Missing (1964, as Calvin M. Knox)
- Conquerors from the DarknessConquerors from the DarknessConquerors from the Darkness is a science fiction novel written by Robert Silverberg, published in 1965.-Plot summary:A thousand years in the future, the earth has been conquered by an alien race and covered by a single sea...
(1965) - The Gate of Worlds (1967)
- Planet of DeathPlanet of Death (novel)Planet of Death is a science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg, originally published in 1967. The novel takes place in the future, and tells the story of a human hunter named Roy Crawford who is framed for murder on the alien planet Vellirian. The story begins with a successful hunt for coveted...
(1967) - ThornsThorns (novel)Thorns is a science fiction novel by American author Robert Silverberg, published as a paperback original in 1967, and a Nebula and Hugo Awards nominee.-Synopsis:...
(1967) Nebula Award nominee, 1967; Hugo Award nominee, 1968 - Those Who WatchThose Who WatchThose Who Watch is a science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg, first published by Signet in 1967. The novel concerns a trio of alien explorers, each one surgically altered so that they outwardly appear human, who find themselves separated, and permanently stranded on Earth, after their ship...
(1967) - The Time HoppersThe Time HoppersThe Time Hoppers is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert Silverberg, first published by Doubleday in 1967. The plot concerns Joe Quellen, a 25th-century bureaucrat charged with investigating "hoppers," travelers from the future whose presence in the past has been documented for...
(1967) - To Open the Sky (1967)
- World's Fair 1992 (1968)
- The Man in the Maze (1968)
- Hawksbill StationHawksbill StationHawksbill Station is a science fiction novel written by Robert Silverberg. The novel is an expanded version of a short story first published in Galaxy Science Fiction in 1967; the novel was published in 1968...
(1968) - The Masks of TimeThe Masks of TimeThe Masks of Time is a science fiction novel by American author Robert Silverberg, first published in 1968. It was a nominee for the Nebula Award in 1968.It was published in the United Kingdom under the title Vornan-19.-Plot summary:...
(1968) Nebula nominee, 1968 - Downward to the EarthDownward to the EarthDownward to the Earth is a 1970 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg. It is a tale of the quest for transcendence set on another planet, and includes references to Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad's classic tale of colonialism, including the name of Kurtz.Downward to the Earth was originally...
(1970) Locus SF nominated, 1971 - Across a Billion YearsAcross A Billion YearsAcross A Billion Years is a 1969 Science Fiction novel by Robert Silverberg.-Plot:Set in the year 2375, it follows Tom Rice, a young archaeologist attached to a two-year dig on the planet of Highby V. He is searching for artefacts belonging to a long-lost and ancient race known simply as The High...
(1969) - NightwingsNightwingsNightwings is a science fiction novella by Robert Silverberg. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novella in 1969 and was also nominated for the Nebula Award in 1968. Nightwings is the first in a trilogy of novellas, the next two being Perris Way and To Jorslem...
(1969) - Three Survived (1969)
- To Live Again (1969)
- Up the LineUp the LineUp the Line is a time travel novel by American science fiction author Robert Silverberg. The plot revolves mainly around the paradoxes brought about by time travel, though it is also notable for its liberal dosage of sex and humor. It was nominated for a Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1969, and a...
(1969) Nebula Award nominee, 1969; Hugo Award nominee, 1970 - Tower of GlassTower of GlassTower of Glass is a science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg, published in 1970. It was nominated for the Nebula Award in 1970, and for both the Hugo and Locus awards in 1971.-Plot summary:...
(1970) Nebula Award nominee, 1970; Hugo and Locus SF nominee, 1971 - Son of ManSon of Man (novel)Son of Man is a 1971 novel written by Robert Silverberg, most known for his science fiction writing. The book is about Clay, a 20th century man, who travels billions of years into the future and meets humanity in its future forms...
(1971) - The Second TripThe Second TripThe Second Trip is a 1972 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg. Prior to its publication by Doubleday, it was published in serialized form in Amazing Stories from July to September 1971.- Plot introduction :...
(1971) - The World InsideThe World InsideThe World Inside is a science fiction novel written by Robert Silverberg and published in 1971. The novel's first chapter was first published in 1970 as a short story titled "A Happy Day in 2381"...
(1971) Hugo nominated, 1972 - A Time of ChangesA Time of ChangesA Time of Changes is a 1971 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg. It won the Nebula Award for that year, and was also nominated for the Hugo and Locus Awards for in 1972.- Plot introduction :...
(1971) Silverberg's first Nebula winner, 1972; Hugo and Locus SF nominee, 1972 - The Book of SkullsThe Book of SkullsThe Book of Skulls is a science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg, which was first published in 1972. It was nominated for the Nebula Award in 1972, and both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1973.- Synopsis :...
(1972) Nebula Award nominee, 1972; Hugo and Locus SF Award nominee, 1973 - Dying InsideDying InsideDying Inside is a science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg. It was nominated for the Nebula Award in 1972, and both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1973.- Summary:...
(1972) Nebula Award nominee, 1972; Hugo and Locus SF Awards nominee, 1973 - The Stochastic Man (1975) Nebula Award nominee, 1975; Hugo, Locus SF, and John W. Campbell Memorial Awards nominee, 1976
- Shadrach in the FurnaceShadrach in the FurnaceShadrach in the Furnace is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert Silverberg, first published by Bobbs Merrill in 1976. The novel was nominated in 1976 for the Nebula award, and in 1977 for the Hugo award....
(1976) Nebula nominee, 1976 Hugo nominee, 1977 - Homefaring (1982) (novella), Hugo and Nebula nominee, 1983
- Lord of Darkness (book) (1983)
- Gilgamesh the KingGilgamesh the KingGilgamesh the King is a 1984 fantasy novel by Robert Silverberg presenting the Epic of Gilgamesh as a novel.- Plot introduction :The novel is told from the point of view of Gilgamesh, and is primarily ambivalent about the supernatural elements of the epic...
(1984) - Sailing to Byzantium (1984) (novella), Nebula winnerNebula Award for Best NovellaWinners of the Nebula Award for Best Novella. The stated year is that of publication; awards are given in the following year.-Winners and other nominees:-External links:**...
1985 - Tom O'Bedlam (book) (1985)
- Star of Gypsies (1986)
- At Winter's End (1988)
- Project Pendulum (1989)
- Letters From Atlantis (1990)
- The New Springtime (1990) (aka The Queen of Springtime)
- To the Land of the Living (1990)
- Nightfall (1990) (with Isaac AsimovIsaac AsimovIsaac Asimov was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000...
) - Thebes of the Hundred Gates (1991)
- The Face of the WatersThe Face of the WatersThe Face of the Waters is a science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg, first published in 1991.- Plot introduction :The Face of the Waters takes place in the far future, on a penal colony, inhabited by convicts and their progeny...
(1991) - The Ugly Little BoyThe Ugly Little Boy"The Ugly Little Boy" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in the September 1958 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction under the title "Lastborn", and was reprinted under its current title in the 1959 collection Nine Tomorrows. The story deals with a Homo...
(1992) (with Isaac AsimovIsaac AsimovIsaac Asimov was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000...
) - Kingdoms of the WallKingdoms of the WallKingdoms of the Wall is a 1992 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg. The reader is gradually introduced to the fact that the plot is set on a faraway planet inhabited by an alien race and in an undefined future...
(1992) - The Positronic ManThe Positronic ManThe Positronic Man is a novel co-written by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg, based on Asimov's novella The Bicentennial Man....
(1992) (with Isaac AsimovIsaac AsimovIsaac Asimov was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000...
) - Hot Sky at Midnight (1994)
- Starborne (1996)
- The Alien Years (1997) Locus SF nominee, 1999
- The Longest Way Home (2002)
- Roma EternaRoma EternaRoma Eterna is a 2003 novel by Robert Silverberg which presents an alternate history in which the Roman Empire survives to the present day.-Plot introduction:...
(2003) - The Last Song of Orpheus (2010) (novella)
Majipoor series
- Lord Valentine's Castle (1980) Locus winner and Hugo nominee, 1981
- Majipoor Chronicles (1982)
- Valentine Pontifex (1983)
- The Mountains of Majipoor (1995)
- Sorcerers of Majipoor (1997)
- "The Seventh Shrine" (novella, 1998, in Legends)
- Lord Prestimion (1999)
- The King of Dreams (2001)
- "The Book of Changes" (novella, 2003, in Legends II)
- "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (short story, 2004, in Flights)
- "The Way They Wove the Spells in Sippulgar" (Oct/Nov 2009 F&SF)
- Tales of Majipoor (forthcoming collection of Majipoor stories)
Short story collections
- Lest We Forget Thee EarthLest We Forget Thee EarthLest We Forget Thee Earth is a collection of 3 short stories written by Robert Silverberg under the pen-name Calvin M. Knox and released in 1958. They are, in order; "Chalice of Death", "Earth Shall Live Again!" and "Vengeance of the Space Armada". The story revolves around Hallam Navarre, a young...
(1958) written under the pen-name Calvin M. Knox - Needle in a Timestack (1966)
- The Calibrated Alligator (1969)
- Dimension Thirteen (1969)
- The Cube Root of UncertaintyThe Cube Root of UncertaintyThe Cube Root of Uncertainty is a collection of science fiction short stories by Robert Silverberg, published in hardcover by Macmillan in 1970 and issued in paperback by Collier Books in 1971...
(1970) - Moonferns & Starsongs (1971)
- Valley Beyond Time (1972)
- The Reality Trip and Other Implausibilities (1972)
- Unfamiliar Territory (1973)
- Sunrise On Mercury (1975)
- The Feast of St. Dionysus: Five Science Fiction Stories (1975), Scribners
- The Best of Robert Silverberg (1976)
- The Shores of Tomorrow (1976)
- Next Stop The Stars (1977)
- Capricorn Games (1979)
- World of a Thousand Colors (1982)
- The Conglomeroid Cocktail Party (1984)
- Beyond the Safe Zone (1986)
- The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg: Secret Sharers (1992)
- Phases of the Moon (2004)
- In the Beginning (2006)
- To Be Continued: The Collected Stories Volume 1 (2006)
- To the Dark Star: The Collected Stories Volume 2 (2007)
- A Little Intelligence (with Randall Garrett) (2009)
- Something Wild Is Loose: The Collected Stories Volume 3 (2008)
- Trips: The Collected Stories Volume 4 (2009)
- The Palace at Midnight: The Collected Stories Volume 5 (2010)
- Multiples: The Collected Stories Volume 6 (2011)
Forthcoming:
- We Are for the Dark: The Collected Stories Volume 7 (2012)
- Hot Times in Magma City: The Collected Stories Volume 8 (2013)
- The Millennium Express: The Collected Stories Volume 9 (2014)
Anthologies edited by Robert Silverberg
- Voyagers in Time (1967)
- The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume One, 1929-1964The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume One, 1929-1964The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929–1964 is a 1970 anthology of science fiction short stories, edited by Robert Silverberg. It is generally considered one of the best, if not the best, of the many science fiction anthologies...
(1970) - Alpha 1 (1970)
- Alpha 2 (1971)
- New Dimensions 1New Dimensions 1New Dimensions 1 is an anthology of original science fiction stories edited by Robert Silverberg, published in hardcover by Doubleday Books in 1971 and reprinted in paperback by Avon Books in 1973. While Silverberg had previously compiled several reprint anthologies, New Dimensions 1 was the first...
(1971) - Alpha 3 (1972)
- New Dimensions 2 (1972)
- Alpha 4 (1973)
- New Dimensions 3 (1973)
- The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume TwoThe Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume TwoThe Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time is an anthology edited by Ben Bova. It honors works published prior to the institution of the Nebula Awards in 1965...
(1973) - Alpha 5 (1974)
- Mutants (1974)
- New Dimensions 4 (1974)
- EpochEpoch (anthology)Epoch is an anthology of science fiction stories edited by Roger Elwood and Robert Silverberg, issued in hardcover by Berkley Putnam in 1975 and in paperback by Berkley in 1977. The table of contents includes Arm by Larry Niven; Angel of Truth by Gordon Eklund; Mazes by Ursula K. Le Guin; For All...
(with Roger ElwoodRoger ElwoodRoger Elwood was an American science fiction writer and editor, perhaps best known for having edited a large number of anthologies and collections for a variety of publishers in the early 1970s.-Biography:...
) (1975) - New Dimensions 5 (1975)
- Strange GiftsStrange GiftsStrange Gifts is an American science fiction short story anthology edited by Robert Silverberg, published in 1975. The stories are about people with unusual talents.-Contents:*The Golden Man by Philip K. Dick*Danger-Human! by Gordon R. Dickson...
(1975) - New Dimensions 6 (1976)
- Alpha 6 (1976)
- Alpha 7 (1977)
- Alpha 8 (1977)
- New Dimensions 7 (1977)
- Alpha 9Alpha 9Alpha 9 is a science fiction anthology edited by Robert Silverberg first published in 1978.-Stories in Alpha 9:*Dumb Waiter by Walter M. Miller, Jr.*The Monsters by Robert Sheckley...
(1978) - Dawn of TimeDawn of TimeDawn of Time is an American science fiction short story collection edited by Robert Silverberg, Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph Olander.The collection has the tagline 'Prehistory Through Science Fiction'. All the included short stories have paleontology/prehistory as a common theme.-Stories in Dawn...
(with Martin H. GreenbergMartin H. GreenbergMartin Harry Greenberg was an American speculative fiction anthologist and writer.-Biography:Dr. Martin H. Greenberg was born March 1, 1941, to Max and Mae Greenberg in South Miami Beach, Florida...
and Joseph Olander) (1979) - New Dimensions 11 (1980)
- New Dimensions 12 (1981)
- LegendsLegends (book)Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy is a collection of 11 novellas by a number of noteworthy fantasy authors, edited by Robert Silverberg. All the stories were original to the collection, and set in the authors' established fictional worlds...
(1998) - Legends IILegends II (book)Legends II: New Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy is a collection of 11 short stories by a number of noteworthy fantasy authors, edited by Robert Silverberg. All the stories were original to the collection, and set in the authors' established fictional worlds...
(1999) - Far HorizonsFar HorizonsFar Horizons is an anthology of 11 science fiction short stories or novellas by major authors, who also provide introductions and sometimes afterwords for the stories; it is edited by Robert Silverberg...
(1999) - Tales from Super-Science Fiction (2011)
Non-fiction
- Treasures Beneath the Sea (1960)
- Sir Winston Churchill (1961, as Edgar Black)
- First American into Space (1961)
- Lost Cities and Vanished CivilizationsLost Cities and Vanished CivilizationsLost Cities and Vanished Civilizations is a 1962 book by Robert Silverberg that deals with the then-current archaeology studies of six past civilizations. The book is divided into six chapters, and each deals with a particular civilization: Pompeii, Troy, Nicola, Babylon, Chichen Itza, and Angkor...
(1962) - Philosopher of Evil (1962, as Walter Drummond)
- The Fabulous Rockefellers (1963)
- Sunken History: The Story of Underwater Archaeology (1963)
- How to Spend Money (1963, as Walter Drummond)
- Fifteen Battles That Changed the World (1963)
- Empires in the Dust: Ancient Civilizations Brought to Light (1963)
- Home of the Red Man: Indian North America Before Columbus (1963)
- The History of Surgery (1963, as L. T. Woodward)
- The Great Doctors (1964)
- Man Before Adam: The Story of Man in Search of His Origins (1964)
- Akhnaten: The Rebel Pharaoh (1964)
- 1066 (1964, as Franklin Hamilton)
- The Loneliest Continent: The Story of Antarctic Discovery (1964, as Walker Chapman)
- The Man Who Found Nineveh: The Story of Austen Henry Layard (1964)
- Great Adventures in Archaeology (1964)
- Socrates (1965)
- Scientists And Scoundrels: A Book of Hoaxes (1965)
- Men Who Mastered the Atom (1965)
- Niels Bohr: The Man Who Mapped the Atom (1965)
- The Old Ones: Indians of the American Southwest (1965)
- The Great Wall of China (1965)
- The World of Coral (1965)
- The Crusades (1965, as Franklin Hamilton)
- Antarctic Conquest: The Great Explorers in Their Own Words (1966, as Walker Chapman)
- The Long Rampart: The Story of the Great Wall of China (1966)
- Rivers: A Book to Begin On (1966, as Lee Sebastian)
- Forgotten by Time: A Book of Living Fossils (1966)
- Frontiers in Archeology (1966)
- Kublai Khan: Lord of Xanadu (1966, as Walker Chapman)
- Leaders Of Labor (1966, as Roy Cook)
- Bridges (1966)
- To the Rock of Darius: The Story of Henry Rawlinson (1966)
- The Hopefuls: Ten Presidential Campaigns (1966, as Lloyd Robinson)
- The Morning of Mankind: Prehistoric Man in Europe (1967)
- The Golden Dream: Seekers of El Dorado (1967, as Walker Chapman)
- The Auk, the Dodo and the Oryx (1967)
- The World of the Rain Forests (1967)
- The Dawn of Medicine (1967)
- The Adventures of Nat Palmer (1967)
- Challenge for a Throne: The Wars of the Roses (1967, as Franklin Hamilton)
- Men Against Time: Salvage Archeology in the United States (1967)
- Light for the World: Edison and the Power Industry (1967)
- The Search for Eldorado (1967, as Walker Chapman)
- Sophisticated Sex Techniques in Marriage (1967, as L. T. Woodward)
- Mound Builders of Ancient America: The Archeology of a Myth (1968)
- The World of the Ocean Depths (1968)
- The Stolen Election: Hayes vs. Tilden, 1876 (1968, as Lloyd Robinson)
- Four Men Who Changed the Universe (1968)
- Sam Houston (1968, as Paul Hollander)
- The South Pole: A Book to Begin On (1968, as Lee Sebastian)
- Stormy Voyager (1968)
- Ghost Towns of the American West (1968)
- Vanishing Giants: The Story of the Sequoias (1969)
- Wonders of Ancient Chinese Science (1969)
- The Challenge of Climate: Man and His Environment (1969)
- Bruce of the Blue Nile (1969)
- The World of Space (1969)
- If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem (1970)
- The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (1970)
- Mammoths, Mastodons and Man (1970)
- The Mound Builders (1970)
- The Pueblo Revolt (1970)
- Clocks for the Ages: How Scientists Date the Past (1971)
- To The Western Shore: Growth of the United States 1776-1853 (1971)
- Before The Sphinx: Early Egypt (1971)
- Into Space: A Young Person's Guide to Space (1971, with Arthur C. Clarke)
- The Realm of Prester John (1972)
- The Longest Voyage: Circumnavigation in the Age Of Discovery (1972)
- John Muir, Prophet Among the Glaciers (1972)
- The World Within the Ocean Wave (1972)
- The World Within the Tide Pool (1972)
- Drug Themes in Science Fiction (1974)
- Reflections and Refractions: Thoughts on Science Fiction, Science and Other Matters (1997)
External links
- The Quasi-Official website
- The Worlds of Robert Silverberg A Yahoo discussion forum frequented by Silverberg
- Complete list of sci-fi award wins and nominations by novelist