The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

SILVERBERG, ROBERT (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * +Needle in a Timestack (Ace 0-441-56872-6, Nov ’85 [Oct ’85], $2.95, 180pp, pb) Reprint (Sphere 1979) collection, following the revised Sphere edition. The original version appeared from Ballantine in 1966, but about half the stories are different here. This is the first American edition of the revision. (Contents)
• * +The New Springtime (Warner 0-446-51442-X, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $19.95, 358pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) [New Springtime] Sf novel, sequel to At Winter’s End. First American edition (Gollancz 1989 as The Queen of Springtime).
• * _The New Springtime (SFBC #17185, Jun ’90, $8.98, 358pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) [New Springtime] Reprint (Gollancz 1989 as The Queen of Springtime) sf novel, sequel to At Winter’s End.
• * _The New Springtime (Warner 0-446-36172-0, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $4.95, 472pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [New Springtime] Reprint (Gollancz 1989 as The Queen of Springtime) sf novel, sequel to At Winter’s End.
• * _Next Stop the Stars (Tor 0-812-55462-0, Jan ’86 [Dec ’85], $2.95, 213pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1962) collection of 5 stories. As a “bonus,” to fill up the short book, there is also the first three chapters of Master of Life and Death, coming soon from Tor.
• * _Nightfall (with Isaac Asimov) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * _Nightwings (Avon 0-380-41467-8, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.50, 190pp, pb) [Watcher] Reissue (Avon 1969) sf novel. The first section of this book won a Hugo. Contains some of Silverberg’s best writing. Recommended. (CNB)
• * _Nightwings (Futura 0-7088-8235-8, Jul ’87, £2.50, 192pp, pb) [Watcher] Reprint (Avon 1969) sf novel.
• * _The Positronic Man (with Isaac Asimov) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * *Project Pendulum (Walker 0-8027-6712-5, Sep ’87 [Oct ’87], $15.95, 200pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel with illustrations by Moebius.
• * *Project Pendulum (Walker Millennium 0-8027-6712-5, Sep ’87 [Feb ’88], no price, 200pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel of twins and time travel. This is one of the 350-copy signed, limited, boxed edition which has limitation and signature pages bound in and a full cloth binding. Otherwise the same as the trade edition. We don’t know about its availability.
• * _Project Pendulum (Hutchinson 0-09-173757-5, Feb ’89, £6.95, 139pp, hc, cover by Peter Elson) Reprint (Walker 1987) young-adult sf novel, in which identical twins take part in the first time travel experiments. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Project Pendulum (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28001-5, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $3.95, 210pp, pb) Reprint (Walker 1987) young-adult sf novel. The Moebius illustrations are not included.
• * _Project Pendulum (Beaver 0-09-962460-5, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], £2.99, 139pp, pb) Reprint (Walker 1987) young-adult sf novel.
• * *The Queen of Springtime (Gollancz 0-575-04586-8, Nov ’89, £13.95, 415pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Rodgers) [New Springtime] Fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “New Springtime” series.
• * _The Queen of Springtime (Legend 0-09-980430-1, Mar ’91, £5.99, 519pp, pb, cover by Kevin Tweddell) [New Springtime] Reprint (Gollancz 1989) sf novel. Volume 2 in the “New Springtime” series.
• * *Reflections and Refractions (Underwood Books 1-887424-22-9, Apr ’97 [Feb ’97], $19.95, 425pp, tp) Collection of non-fiction essays selected from two decades of Silverberg’s opinion columns for Galileo, Amazing Stories, and Asimov’s. A hardcover edition (-24-5, $29.95), and a limited signed boxed hardcover edition of 300 (-23-7, $50.00) are also available. Order from Underwood Books, PO Box 1609, Grass Valley CA 95945.
• * _Revolt on Alpha C (Warner no ISBN, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], no price, 86pp, pb) Reprint (Crowell 1955) sf novel. Silverberg’s first book; this edition includes a new introduction by the author. Promotional edition—not for sale. Books were much shorter then.
• * *Sailing to Byzantium (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-007-X, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $35.00, 114pp, hc) 250-copy signed/numbered/boxed edition. The first book version of a novella. The trade edition (-008-8) is available for $12.95.
• * _The Second Trip (Avon 0-380-54874-7, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $3.50, 192pp, pb) Reissue (SFBC 1972) sf novel.
• * _The Second Trip (Gollancz 0-575-04037-8, Apr ’91, £3.99, 185pp, pb) Reprint (SFBC 1972) sf novel.
• * *The Secret Sharer (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-056-8, Feb ’88, $35.00, 107pp, hc) Sf novella, signed, boxed edition of 250 copies. This Nebula nominee is a science fiction version of the famous Conrad story. Recommended. (CNB)
• * *The Secret Sharer (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-057-6, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $14.95, 107pp, hc) Sf Nebula-nominated novella. Trade edition of the above.
• * _Shadrach in the Furnace (Baen 0-671-55956-7, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $2.95, 286pp, pb) Reprint (Bobbs-Merrill 1976) sf novel, one of his best books. Recommended. (CNB)
• * *The Silent Invaders (Tor 0-812-55460-4, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $2.95, 216pp, pb) Although the title only mentions The Silent Invaders (Ace 1963), this is actually an omnibus which also contains the 1957 novella “Valley Beyond Time” (not to be confused with the collection of the same name). (Contents)
• * _Son of Man (Warner 0-446-34511-3, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.95, 213pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 1971) sf novel.
• * _Son of Man (Warner 0-446-34511-3, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.95, 213pp, pb) Reissue (Ballantine 1971) sf novel. Silverberg’s most ‘60s book. Third printing.
• * _Son of Man (Gollancz 0-575-04688-0, Aug ’91, £3.99, 192pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 1971) sf novel.
• * *Sorcerers of Majipoor (Macmillan UK 0-333-64486-7, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], £16.99, 534pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Majipoor] SF novel. Book five in the “Majipoor” series, set a millennium before Lord Valentine’s Castle.
• * +Sorcerers of Majipoor (HarperPrism 0-06-105254-X, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $23.00, 462pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Majipoor] SF novel in the “Majipoor” series, a distant prequel to the “Lord Valentine” books. First US edition (Macmillan UK 1997).
• * _Sorcerers of Majipoor (SFBC #14549, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $11.98, 462pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Majipoor] Reprint (Macmillan UK 1997) SF novel. This is similar to the HarperPrism edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Sorcerers of Majipoor (Pan 0-330-34269-X, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], £6.99, 629pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Majipoor] Reprint (Macmillan UK 1997) SF novel. Book 5 in the “Majipoor” series, set a millennium before Lord Valentine’s Castle.
• * _Sorcerers of Majipoor (HarperPrism 0-06-105780-0, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $6.99, 611pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Majipoor] Reprint (Macmillan UK 1997) SF novel.
• * *Star of Gypsies (Donald I. Fine 0-917657-92-6, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $18.95, 397pp, hc) Sf novel set in 3500, narrated by the once and future Gypsy King; ruminations on kingship, politics, and love.
• * _Star of Gypsies (SFBC #10579, Feb ’87, $5.98, 378pp, hc) Reprint (Fine 1986) sf novel.
• * _Star of Gypsies (Gollancz 0-575-04014-9, Mar ’87, £11.95, 397pp, hc) Reprint (Fine 1986) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Star of Gypsies (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20618-7, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $3.95, 466pp, pb) Reprint (Fine 1986) sf novel.
• * _Star of Gypsies (Orbit 0-7088-8275-7, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], £3.99, 400pp, pb) Reprint (Fine 1986) sf novel.
• * *Starborne (Bantam Spectra 0-553-10264-8, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $22.95, 291pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) SF novel. Stagnant Earth sends a colony ship to another galaxy in hopes of revitalization.
• * _Starborne (HarperCollins Voyager 0-246-13776-2, Jul ’96, £15.99, 291pp, hc) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) SF novel. A starship searches for a planet to colonise in the hope of revitalising a decadent and decaying Earth. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Starborne (Easton Press no ISBN, Oct ’96, no price, 291pp, hc) SF novel. Stagnant Earth sends a colony ship to another galaxy in hopes of revitalization. This special leatherbound, gilt-edged edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series, and is available by subscription only. This is “simultaneous” with the Bantam Spectra edition seen in May.
• * _Starborne (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-21109-8, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], £5.99, 291pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) SF novel.
• * _Starborne (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57334-9, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $6.50, 227pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) SF novel.
• * _The Stochastic Man (Warner 0-446-34507-5, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $3.95, 240pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1975) sf novel.
• * _The Stochastic Man (Gollancz 0-575-05123-X, Dec ’91, £3.99, 229pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1975) sf novel.
• * _Sunrise on Mercury (Pan 0-330-29117-3, Feb ’86 [Mar ’86], £1.95, 176pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1983) collection.
• * *Thebes of the Hundred Gates (Pulphouse/Axolotl 1-56146-117-2, Jan ’92, $10.00, 110pp, tp, cover by Donna Gordon) Time-travel sf novella of a future time-travel service employee searching ancient Egypt for two lost clients. This trade paperback edition is limited to 525 copies. A 300-copy hardcover edition (-147-4, $35.00) and a 75-copy limited edition (-177-6, $65.00) are also available. All states are signed by the author. Available from Pulphouse Publishing, Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440.
• * _Thebes of the Hundred Gates (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29494-6, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $3.50, 116pp, pb) Reprint (Axolotl 1992) time-travel sf novella set in ancient Egypt. Recommended (CNB).
• * _Thebes of the Hundred Gates (HarperCollins UK 0-00-223975-2, Nov ’93, £13.99, 120pp, hc, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Axolotl 1992) sf novella about a time traveller in Ancient Egypt. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Thebes of the Hundred Gates (HarperCollins UK 0-00-647646-5, May ’94, £3.99, 120pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Axolotl 1992) SF novella.
• * _Thorns (Orbit 0-7088-8238-2, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], £2.50, 158pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 1967) sf novel. This is arguably Silverberg’s best novel. Strongly recommended.
• * _Those Who Watch (NAL/Signet 0-451-15019-8, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $2.95, 143pp, pb) Reissue (NAL 1967) sf novel.
• * _The Time Hoppers (Gollancz 0-575-04040-8, Mar ’88, £2.95, 191pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1967) sf novel.
• * _A Time of Changes (Gollancz 0-575-03820-9, Mar ’86, £2.95, 221pp, pb) Reprint (SFBC 1971) sf novel. “Gollancz Classic SF” #3.
• * _A Time of Changes (Warner 0-446-34061-8, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $3.95, 214pp, pb) Reprint (SFBC 1971) sf novel.
• * _A Time of Changes (Easton Press no ISBN, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $32.00, 221pp, hc) Reprint (SFBC 1971) sf novel in Easton’s “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series, available to members only. Leatherbound, gilt-edged. Artwork by Randy Lugana, and a new introduction by Joe Haldeman.
• * _A Time of Changes (Warner 0-446-34061-8, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.95, 214pp, pb) Reissue (SFBC 1971) sf novel; one of Silverberg’s best works on Conradian themes. highly recommended (CNB). Second printing.
• * _Time of the Great Freeze (Tor 0-812-55469-8, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $2.95, 205pp, pb) Reprint (Holt Rinehart & Winston 1964) young-adult sf novel. This has the 1980 introduction from the Ace edition.
• * _To Live Again (Warner 0-446-34058-8, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $3.95, 208pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1969) sf novel. It includes the author’s note from the 1978 Berkley edition. One of the best of Silverberg’s early novels. (CNB)
• * _To Live Again (Gollancz 0-575-03989-2, Jul ’87, £2.95, 231pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1969) sf novel.
• * _To Open the Sky (Bantam 0-553-24502-3, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $2.75, 222pp, pb) [Blue Fire] Reprint (Ballantine 1967), connected stories.
• * _To Open the Sky (Sphere 0-7221-7827-1, Aug ’89, £3.50, 203pp, pb, cover by Josh Kirby) [Blue Fire] Reissue (Ballantine 1967) sf novel.
• * *To the Land of the Living (Gollancz 0-575-04461-6, Apr ’89, £12.95, 308pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Gilgamesh] Fantasy adventure “novel” about Gilgamesh in the Afterworld, based on three novellas. (Contents)
• * +To the Land of the Living (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20844-9, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $4.95, 310pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll & Steve Youll) [Gilgamesh] Fantasy “novel” of Gilgamesh in the afterworld, based on three novellas including a Hugo winner. First American edition (Gollancz 1989).
• * _To the Land of the Living (Easton Press no ISBN, Mar ’90, no price, 310pp, hc) [Gilgamesh] Reprint (Gollancz 1989) fantasy “novel” of Gilgamesh in the afterworld, based on three connected novellas. This is a signed, special leatherbound gilt-edge edition, part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and available by subscription only.
• * _To the Land of the Living (Gollancz 0-575-04496-9, Mar ’90, £3.99, 308pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) [Gilgamesh] Reprint (Gollancz 1989) fantasy novel.
• * *Tom O’Bedlam (Donald I. Fine 0-917657-31-4, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $16.95, 320pp, hc) Sf novel set in a near-future fragmented U.S.A.
• * _Tom O’Bedlam (QPB/Donald I. Fine no ISBN, Nov ’85 [Dec ’85], $8.95, 320pp, pb) Reprint (Fine 1985) sf novel, identical to the hardcover except for the jacket printed as the paperback cover.
• * _Tom O’Bedlam (Gollancz 0-575-03773-3, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £9.95, 320pp, hc) Reprint (Donald I. Fine 1985) sf novel.
• * _Tom O’Bedlam (Warner 0-446-34002-2, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $3.95, 374pp, pb) Reprint (Donald Fine 1985) sf novel.
• * _Tom O’Bedlam (Orbit 0-7088-3372-1, May ’87, £2.95, 320pp, pb) Reprint (Fine 1985) sf novel.
• * _Tom O’Bedlam (Warner 0-446-34002-2, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.95, 374pp, pb) Reissue (Fine 1985) sf novel; second printing.
• * _Tower of Glass (Warner 0-446-34509-1, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $3.95, 184pp, pb) Reprint (Scribner’s 1970) sf novel.
• * _Tower of Glass (Orbit 0-7088-8243-9, Oct ’87, £2.50, 206pp, pb) Reprint (Scribner’s 1970) sf novel.
• * _Tower of Glass (Warner 0-446-34509-1, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.95, 184pp, pb) Reissue (Scribner’s 1970) sf novel; second printing.
• * _The Ugly Little Boy (with Isaac Asimov) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * _Up the Line (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32585-0, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $2.95, 250pp, pb) Reissue (Ballantine 1969) sf novel. Sixth printing; there are 239,000 in print.
• * _Up the Line (Gollancz 0-575-04038-6, Dec ’87, £2.95, 250pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 1969) sf novel.
• * _Up the Line (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32585-0, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], 3.95, 250pp, pb) Reissue (Ballantine 1969) sf time travel novel. Sixth printing.
• * _Valentine Pontifex (SFBC #3546, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $5.98, 347pp, hc) [Majipoor] Reprint (Arbor House 1983) sf novel, third in the “Majipoor” series.
• * _Valentine Pontifex (Gollancz 0-575-03444-0, Jun ’84 [May ’84], £9.95, 347pp, hc) [Majipoor] Reprint (Arbor House 1983) sf novel, third in the “Majipoor” series.
• * _Valentine Pontifex (Bantam 0-553-24494-9, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $3.95, 368pp, pb) [Majipoor] Reprint (Arbor House 1983) sf novel. The conclusion of the “Majipoor” trilogy.
• * _Valentine Pontifex (Pan 0-330-28707-9, Feb ’88, £3.50, 367pp, pb) [Majipoor] Reissue (Arbor House 1983) sf novel. Volume 3 in the “Majipoor” series.
• * _Valentine Pontifex (Bantam Spectra 0-553-24494-9, Nov ’89, $4.50, 368pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Majipoor] Reissue (Arbor House 1983) sf novel, third book in the “Majipoor” series; third printing.
• * _Valentine Pontifex (Pan 0-330-28707-9, May ’92 [Apr ’92], £4.99, 367pp, pb, cover by Julek Heller) [Majipoor] Reissue (Arbor House 1983) sf novel. The third book of the “Majipoor” trilogy.
• * _Valentine Pontifex (Pan 0-330-28707-9, Aug ’95, £4.99, 367pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Majipoor] Reissue (Arbor House 1983) SF novel. Third book in the “Majipoor” series; fifth printing.
• * _Valentine Pontifex (HarperPrism 0-06-105486-0, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $5.99, 478pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Majipoor] Reprint (Arbor House 1983) SF novel, third in the “Majipoor” series.
• * _The World Inside (Gollancz 0-575-04691-0, Aug ’90, £3.50, 174pp, pb) [Urban Monad] Reprint (Doubleday 1971) sf novel.
• * *The World Inside/Thorns/Downward to the Earth (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27287-X, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $4.95, 487pp, pb) Omnibus of 3 sf novels: Thorns (Ballantine 1967), The World Inside (Doubleday 1971), and Downward to the Earth (SFBC 1970). There is a new introduction by the author. (Contents)
• * _World of a Thousand Colors (Bantam 0-553-24059-5, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $2.95, 331pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1982) collection.

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• * _The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Priam 0-87795-446-1, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $8.95, 538pp, tp) Reprint (Arbor 1983) anthology.
• * _The Avram Davidson Treasury See entry under Avram Davidson.
• * *Beyond the Gate of Worlds (Tor 0-812-55444-2, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $3.95, 280pp, pb, cover by Ken Kelly) Anthology of three alternate history novellas set in the same world. Those by John Brunner and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro are original, but Robert Silverberg’s “Lion Time in Timbuctoo” was published as a book by Pulphouse/Axolotl. (Contents)
• * *A Century of Fantasy 1980-1989 (with Martin H. Greenberg) (MJF Books 1-56731-156-3, 1996 [Feb ’97], $8.98, 342pp, hc, cover by Wayne D. Barlowe) Anthology of 18 fantasy stories, with an introduction by Silverberg. Authors include Roger Zelazny, Joe Haldeman, and Charles de Lint. Series editor is Martin H. Greenberg; copyrighted by Agberg Ltd and Tekno Books. (Contents)
• * *A Century of Science Fiction 1950-1959 (with Martin H. Greenberg) (MJF Books 1-56731-154-7, 1996 [Feb ’97], $8.98, 341pp, hc, cover by Vincent DiFate) Anthology of 18 SF stories, with an introduction by Silverberg. Authors include Fritz Leiber, Ray Bradbury, and Marion Zimmer Bradley. Series editor is Martin H. Greenberg; copyrighted by Agberg Ltd and Tekno Books. (Contents)
• * _Earthmen and Strangers (Bart 1-55785-081-X, Feb ’89, $3.50, 191pp, pb) Reprint (Duell, Sloan & Pearce 1966) anthology of nine stories.
• * *The Fantasy Hall of Fame (HarperPrism 0-06-105215-9, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $14.00, 562pp, tp) Anthology of 30 fantasy stories from 1939 to 1990, chosen by SFWA members. Introduction by Silverberg; individual story introductions by Martin H. Greenberg. (Contents)
• * _The Fantasy Hall of Fame (SFBC #17918, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $10.98, 562pp, hc) Reprint (HarperPrism 1998) anthology of 30 stories chosen by SFWA members. This is similar to the HarperPrism edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Crown/Avenel 0-517-64124-0, 1987 [Nov ’87], $8.98, 726pp, hc) Anthology. This is an “instant remainder” of The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction, omitting one story, “The Marching Morons” by C.M. Kornbluth. (Contents)
• * _Great Tales of Science Fiction (with Martin H. Greenberg) (A&W/Galahad 0-88365-701-5, 1985 [Jan ’86], $8.98, 529pp, hc) Reprint (Arbor House 1983 as The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces) anthology. Omits one story, “Travels” by Carter Scholz and the postscript to “Doing Lennon” by Gregory Benford in order to make it an abridgement of the original. This is an instant remainder book. (Contents)