The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

SILVERBERG, ROBERT (1935- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Across a Billion Years (Tor 0-812-55452-3, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $2.95, 249pp, pb) Reissue (Dial 1969) young-adult sf novel. Second Tor printing.
• * *The Alien Years (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-246-13722-3, Feb ’98, £16.99, 453pp, hc, cover by Fred Gambino) SF novel of alien invasion and occupation. Three alien races conquer the Earth, and decimate its population. The military Carmichael family become the only hope for liberation.
• * +The Alien Years (HarperPrism 0-06-105035-0, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $24.00, 428pp, hc, cover by Michael Herring) SF novel of one family’s reaction to alien occupation of Earth. First US edition (Voyager 2/98).
• * _The Alien Years (SFBC #00158, Nov ’98, $11.98, 428pp, hc, cover by Michael Herring) Reprint (Voyager 1998) SF novel of one family’s reaction to alien occupation of Earth. This is similar to the HarperPrism edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *At Winter’s End (Warner 0-446-51384-9, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $17.95, 404pp, hc) [New Springtime] Far future, post-Catastrophe sf novel. A changed humanity re-emerges onto a changed world.
• * _At Winter’s End (Gollancz 0-575-04273-7, Jun ’88, £11.95, 404pp, hc) [New Springtime] Reprint (Warner 1988) quaint ‘prehistoric’ fantasy set millions of years in the future as a young monkey-like creature ‘comes of age’ in the ruins of human civilization. [First U.K. edition]
• * _At Winter’s End (Warner 0-446-35397-3, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $4.95, 404pp, pb) [New Springtime] Reprint (Warner 1988) far-future sf novel about a reemerging humanity. First of a series. This edition has a special offer inside for a free copy of Revolt on Alpha C.
• * _At Winter’s End (Legend 0-09-966840-8, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], £6.99, 491pp, tp, cover by Kevin Tweddell) [New Springtime] Reprint (Warner 1988) sf novel.
• * _At Winter’s End (Legend 0-09-973960-7, Nov ’90, £3.50, 491pp, pb, cover by Kevin Tweddell) [New Springtime] Reprint (Gollancz 1988) far future sf/prehistoric fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “New Springtime” series.
• * _The Best of Robert Silverberg (Baen 0-671-65586-8, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $2.95, 277pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1976) collection.
• * _Beyond the Safe Zone (Warner 0-446-30174-4, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $3.95, 565pp, pb) Reprint (Donald I. Fine 1986) collection. These stories, written 1968 to 1974, are most of Silverberg’s best. Highly recommended. (CNB)
• * _Beyond the Safe Zone (Warner 0-446-30173-6, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.95, 565pp, pb) Reissue (Fine 1986) sf collection; second printing.
• * *Beyond the Safe Zone: Collected Short Fiction of Robert Silverberg (Donald I. Fine 0-917657-60-8, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $19.95, 472pp, hc) Collection of 27 stories which should be called “The Best of Robert Silverberg”, but that title has been used before. Highly recommended. (CNB) (Contents)
• * _The Book of Skulls (NEL 0-450-42161-9, Aug ’87, £2.50, 222pp, pb) Reissue (Scribner’s 1971) sf novel.
• * *The Book of Skulls/Nightwings/Dying Inside (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Jun ’91, $12.95, tp) Omnibus of three Silverberg novels, The Book of Skulls (Scribner’s 1972), Nightwings (Avon 1969), and Dying Inside (Scribner’s 1972). (Contents)
• * _Born with the Dead (Bantam 0-553-24103-6, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $2.75, 246pp, pb) Reprint (Random House 1974) collection of 3 novellas. The title story is one of Silverberg’s best. (CNB)
• * _Capricorn Games (Pan 0-330-25631-9, Apr ’87 [May ’87], £2.50, 191pp, pb) Reissue (Random House 1976) sf collection.
• * _Child of Time (with Isaac Asimov) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * *The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg Volume 4: The Road to Nightfall (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-21372-4, Jul ’96, £6.99, 347pp, tp) SF collection of 21 stories, all from the 1950s, including his first published story, “Gorgon Planet”. Silverberg’s own selection of the most worthy items from his incredibly prolific first decade, they are all dark, chilly and bitter, more representative of the artist Silverberg would become than examples of the slam-bang adventures that made him so popular at the time. (Contents)
• * *The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume 1: Secret Sharers (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37068-5, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $12.50, 546pp, tp) Collection of 24 stories with an introduction by the author. A hardcover edition (-08996-X, $25.00) is also available. This is the equivalent of the first two volumes of British version with one story different. The second British volume has not yet appeared, so this is the first edition. (Contents)
• * *The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg: Volume Five: Ringing the Changes (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-21373-2, Jul ’97, £6.99, 359pp, tp, cover by Fred Gambino) SF collection of 20 stories published between 1963 and 1971. Each has an introduction on its genesis and place in Silverberg’s hectic writing and personal life. (Contents)
• * *The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg: Volume One: Pluto in the Morning Light (Grafton 0-586-21369-4, May ’92, £6.99, 396pp, tp, cover by John Howe) Collection of fifteen stories published between 1983 and 1988, with an introduction and notes on each story by Silverberg. (Contents)
• * _The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg: Volume Three: Beyond the Safe Zone (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21371-6, Jan ’95, £6.99, 605pp, tp) Reprint (Donald I. Fine 1986) collection of 26 stories from the early ’70s, each with a new, fairly long, introduction. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg: Volume Two: The Secret Sharer (Grafton 0-586-21370-8, May ’93, £5.99, 395pp, tp, cover by John Howe) Collection of 11 sf stories published between 1987 and 1989. The first ten appeared as the second half of Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume One: Secret Sharers (Bantam Spectra 1992), but this edition adds the novella “We Are For the Dark”. (Contents)
• * _Collision Course (Tor 0-812-55473-6, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $2.95, 180pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1961) science fiction first contact novel. This has the 1976 Ace edition introduction.
• * *The Conglomeroid Cocktail Party (Arbor House 0-87795-577-8, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $14.95, 284pp, hc) Collection of 16 stories by a master of sf short fiction. Highly recommended. (CNB) (Contents)
• * _The Conglomeroid Cocktail Party (SFBC #1642, Sep ’84 [Aug ’84], $6.98, 243pp, hc) Reprint (Arbor House 1984) collection.
• * _The Conglomeroid Cocktail Party (Gollancz 0-575-03544-7, Feb ’85 [Jan ’85], £8.95, 284pp, hc) Reprint (Arbor House 1984) collection. First British edition.
• * _The Conglomeroid Cocktail Party (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25077-9, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $2.95, 317pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1984) collection of the 16 short stories Silverberg wrote between 1980 and 1982. Recommended. (CNB)
• * _The Conglomeroid Cocktail Party (Gollancz 0-575-04622-8, Nov ’89, £3.50, 284pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Arbor House 1984) sf collection.
• * _Conquerors from the Darkness (Tor 0-812-55456-6, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $2.95, 213pp, pb) Reprint (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1965) young-adult sf novel.
• * _Downward to the Earth (Bantam 0-553-24043-9, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $2.50, 181pp, pb) Reprint (SFBC 1970) sf novel. This one, which owes a lot to Conrad, is one of his best. (CNB)
• * _Downward to the Earth (Gollancz 0-575-04734-8, Jan ’90, £3.50, 190pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (SFBC 1970) sf novel. Volume 40 in the “VGSF Classics” series.
• * _Dying Inside (Bantam 0-553-24018-8, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $2.50, 200pp, pb) Reprint (Scribner’s 1972) sf novel. The cover proclaims this “one of the best science fiction novels of all time” — Locus. I still agree. (CNB)
• * _Dying Inside (Gollancz 0-575-04437-3, Mar ’89, £2.99, 188pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Scribner’s 1972) sf novel. The last novel written during Silverberg’s best ‘period’ in the late 60’s and early 70’s. Recommended. (PSP) Volume 31 in the “VGSF Classics” series.
• * _Dying Inside (Easton Press no ISBN, Jun ’91, no price, 245pp, hc) Reprint (Scribner’s 1972) classic sf novel about telepathy, with an introduction by Richard D. Erlich and artwork by Frank Kelly Freas. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * *Edge of Light (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648038-1, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], £9.99, 981pp, tp) Omnibus of five SF novels published between 1969 and 1972, Silverberg’s classic, award-winning period: A Time of Changes; Downward to the Earth; The Second Trip; Dying Inside; and Nightwings. (Contents)
• * *The Face of the Waters (Grafton 0-246-13718-5, May ’91 [Apr ’91], £13.99, 348pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) Sf novel.
• * +The Face of the Waters (Bantam Spectra 0-553-07592-6, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $20.00, 353pp, hc) Sf novel set on an oceanic planet. First American edition (Grafton 1991).
• * _The Face of the Waters (Grafton 0-586-21502-6, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], £8.99, 348pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Grafton 1991) sf novel.
• * _The Face of the Waters (Grafton Overseas 0-586-21106-3, 1992 [Apr ’92], £4.99, 428pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Grafton 1991) sf novel. This is an “Open Market” edition and is available only in non-English-speaking countries.
• * _The Face of the Waters (BOMC no ISBN, Jan ’92, $15.95, 353pp, pb) Reprint (Grafton 1991) sf novel set on an oceanic planet. This is identical to the 1991 Bantam Spectra edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has a BOMC mark on the back.
• * _The Face of the Waters (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29907-7, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $5.99, 436pp, pb) Reprint (Grafton 1991) sf novel set on an oceanic planet.
• * _The Face of the Waters (Grafton 0-586-21106-3, Dec ’92, £4.99, 428pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Grafton 1991) sf novel.
• * _The Feast of Saint Dionysus (NEL 0-450-42160-0, Aug ’87, £2.95, 255pp, pb) Reprint (Scribner’s 1975) sf collection.
• * _The Gate of Worlds (Tor 0-812-55454-X, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $2.95, 253pp, pb) Reprint (Holt Rinehart & Winston 1967) sf novel of alternate history.
• * *Gilgamesh the King (Arbor House 0-87795-599-9, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $16.95, 320pp, hc) [Gilgamesh] Historical novel with elements of fantasy.
• * _Gilgamesh the King (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25250-X, Nov ’85 [Sep ’85], $3.95, 306pp, pb) [Gilgamesh] Reprint (Arbor House 1984) historical novel with elements of fantasy.
• * _Gilgamesh the King (Pan 0-330-29223-4, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £2.95, 300pp, pb) [Gilgamesh] Reprint (Arbor House 1984) historical fantasy novel.
• * _Hawksbill Station (Warner 0-446-34056-1, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $3.95, 185pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1968) sf novel.
• * *Hot Sky at Midnight (Bantam Spectra 0-553-09248-0, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $22.95, 327pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) Sf novel about the struggle for survival for those who choose to remain on a polluted Earth.
• * _Hot Sky at Midnight (SFBC #03327, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $10.98, 327pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1994) SF novel. Similar to the Bantam Spectra edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Hot Sky at Midnight (HarperCollins UK 0-246-13720-7, Sep ’94, £15.99, 327pp, hc) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1994) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Hot Sky at Midnight (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56935-X, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $5.99, 388pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1994) SF novel.
• * _Hot Sky at Midnight (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21108-X, May ’95 [Apr ’95], £4.99, 388pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1994) SF novel about the struggle for survival for those who choose to remain on a polluted Earth.
• * _Invaders from Earth (Tor 0-812-55464-7, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $2.95, 190pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1958) sf novel.
• * *Kingdoms of the Wall (HarperCollins UK 0-246-13719-3, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], £14.99, 288pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) Sf novel about a quest for “the Gods” on an alien mountain range, many miles high.
• * _Kingdoms of the Wall (TSP #1915021, Jan ’93, £7.99, 288pp, tp) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) sf novel. This is a bookclub edition. [Not seen]
• * +The Kingdoms of the Wall (Bantam Spectra 0-553-09309-6, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $22.95, 307pp, hc, cover by Chris Hopkins) Sf novel of a quest for mysterious gods across an enormous alien mountain range. First American edition (HarperCollins UK 1992).
• * _The Kingdoms of the Wall (SFBC #00380, Mar ’93, $10.98, 307pp, hc, cover by Chris Hopkins) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) sf novel of a quest for mysterious gods across an enormous alien mountain range. Similar to the 1993 Bantam Spectra edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Kingdoms of the Wall (Easton Press no ISBN, Jun ’93, no price, 307pp, hc) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) sf novel. This edition is being published “simultaneously” with the first American edition from Bantam Spectra, listed four months ago. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _Kingdoms of the Wall (Grafton 0-586-21107-1, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], £4.99, 348pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) sf novel about a quest for “the Gods” on an alien mountain range.
• * _The Kingdoms of the Wall (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56544-3, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $5.99, 370pp, pb, cover by Chris Hopkins) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) sf novel of a quest for mysterious gods across an enormous alien mountain range.
• * *Letters from Atlantis (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31570-8, Oct ’90, $14.95, 136pp, hc, cover by Robert Gould) Young-adult time-travel fantasy novel of a modern man’s consciousness inhabiting the body of an Atlantean prince. Illustrations by Robert Gould. A “Dragonflight” book, packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * _Letters from Atlantis (Warner Questar 0-446-36286-7, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $4.99, 136pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) Reprint (Atheneum 1990) young-adult time travel fantasy novel of a modern man’s consciousness inhabiting the body of an Atlantean prince. Illustrations by Robert Gould, packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * *Lion Time in Timbuctoo (Pulphouse/Axolotl no ISBN, May ’90, $10.00, 112pp, tp, cover by Donna Gordon) [Gate of Worlds] Original fantasy novella, with an introduction by Karen Haber, signed and limited to 525 copies. A hardcover edition, signed and limited to 300 copies ($35.00) and a deluxe leatherbound edition, also signed and limited to 75 copies are available.
• * _Lord of Darkness (Gollancz 0-575-03347-9, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], £9.95, 559pp, hc) Reprint (Arbor House 1983) historical novel. Listed for Silverberg completists.
• * _Lord of Darkness (Bantam 0-553-24362-4, Sep ’84 [Aug ’84], $3.95, 613pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1983) historical novel, of associational interest.
• * _Lord Valentine’s Castle (Pan 0-330-26462-1, Feb ’88, £3.50, 506pp, pb) [Majipoor] Reissue (Harper & Row 1980) sf novel. Volume 1 in the “Majipoor” series.
• * _Lord Valentine’s Castle (Bantam Spectra 0-553-22928-1, Nov ’89, $4.50, 447pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Majipoor] Reissue (Harper & Row 1980) sf novel, first book in the “Majipoor” series; fifth printing.
• * _Lord Valentine’s Castle (Pan 0-330-26462-1, Jan ’92, £5.99, 506pp, pb, cover by Julek Heller) [Majipoor] Reissue (Harper & Row 1980) sf novel. The First Book of the “Majipoor” trilogy.
• * _Lord Valentine’s Castle (HarperPrism 0-06-105487-9, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $5.99, 506pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Majipoor] Reprint (Harper & Row 1980) SF novel, first in the “Majipoor” series.
• * _Lord Valentine’s Castle (Pan 0-330-26462-1, Aug ’95, £5.99, 506pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Majipoor] Reissue (Harper & Row 1980) SF novel. First book in the “Majipoor” series; 13th printing.
• * _Majipoor Chronicles (Pan 0-330-28117-8, Feb ’88, £3.50, 317pp, pb) [Majipoor] Reissue (Arbor House 1982) young-adult sf collection. Volume 2 in the “Majipoor” series.
• * _The Majipoor Chronicles (Bantam Spectra 0-553-14428-6, Nov ’89, $4.50, 281pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Majipoor] Reissue (Arbor House 1982) sf collection, second book in the “Majipoor” series. There is new cover art and an author bio and books list for Louis L’Amour rather than Silverberg. 10th printing.
• * _Majipoor Chronicles (Pan 0-330-28117-8, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], £4.99, 317pp, pb, cover by Julek Heller) [Majipoor] Reissue (Arbor House 1982) sf collection. The Second Book in the “Majipoor” trilogy.
• * _The Majipoor Chronicles (Pan 0-330-28117-8, Aug ’95, £4.99, 317pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Majipoor] Reissue (Arbor House 1982) SF collection. Second book in the “Majipoor” series; eighth printing.
• * _Majipoor Chronicles (HarperPrism 0-06-105485-2, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $5.99, 385pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Majipoor] Reprint (Arbor House 1981) SF collection.
• * _The Man in the Maze (Avon 0-380-00198-5, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $2.95, 192pp, pb) Reissue (Avon 1969) sf novel; 5th printing.
• * _The Man in the Maze (Gollancz 0-575-04689-9, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], £3.50, 192pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1969) sf novel.
• * _The Masks of Time (Gollancz 0-575-03990-6, May ’87, £2.95, 252pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 1968) sf novel.
• * *The Masks of Time/Born with the Dead/Dying Inside (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27286-1, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $4.95, 561pp, pb) Omnibus of 2 sf novels plus three novellas. “Going” and “Thomas the Proclaimer”, included with “Born with the Dead”, are not mentioned on the title page, and there is no contents page. (The three novellas made up the original Born with the Dead collection.) There is also a new introduction. (Contents)
• * _Master of Life and Death (Tor 0-812-55458-2, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $2.95, 219pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1957) sf novel.
• * *The Mountains of Majipoor (Bantam Spectra 0-553-09614-1, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $19.95, 225pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Majipoor] Short novel in the world of “Majipoor”.
• * _The Mountains of Majipoor (Easton Press no ISBN, Mar ’95 [May ’95], no price, 225pp, hc) [Majipoor] Short novel in the world of “Majipoor”. This is being published “simultaneously” with the Bantam Spectra edition listed three months ago. This leather-bound, gilt-edge edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * *The Mountains of Majipoor (Macmillan UK 0-333-63319-9, Mar ’95 [Jan ’95], £12.99, 165pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Majipoor] SF novel. The arrogant Prince Harpirias is ordered to negotiate the release of a scientific expedition, captured by a savage lost tribe. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition. Volume four in the “Majipoor” series.
• * _The Mountains of Majipoor (SFBC #06859, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $7.98, 132pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Majipoor] Reprint (Bantam 1995) short novel in the “Majipoor” series.
• * _The Mountains of Majipoor (Pan 0-330-33519-7, Aug ’95 [Sep ’95], £4.99, 231pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Majipoor] Reprint (Bantam Spectra; Macmillan UK 1995) SF novel. Volume 4 in the “Majipoor” series.
• * _The Mountains of Majipoor (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57327-6, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $5.99, 225pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Majipoor] Reprint (Bantam Spectra; Macmillan UK 1995) short novel in the world of “Majipoor”.
• * _The Mutant Season (with Karen Haber) See entry under Karen Haber.
• * *The Mutant Season (with Karen Haber) (Doubleday Foundation 0-385-26647-2, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $8.95, 289pp, hc) [Fire in Winter] Sf novel of mutants fighting for survival in a world of “normal” humans. First book in a tetralogy, “A Fire in Winter” based on a short story by Robert Silverberg. A hardcover edition (-24721-4, $18.95) also appeared. The series is packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.