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The Shores of Tomorrow
An old hand at peering into the future, Robert Silverberg offers us eight glimpses of what he sees there, hovering just beyond the shores of tomorrow:
A doomed space liner fights for its life as it plummets earthward with 150 passengers aboard, plus a crew of 30.
The aged Founder of the Domed City, where germs and pollution are sealed out, contemplates his life work with old-new eyes.
When an inexperienced skipper lands his rescue vessel on an ice-racked planet, he soon finds he needs rescue himself.
Howard Wilson, assistant professor of sociology, with his life and work all planned out for him, suddenly finds that nothing is turning out as it was supposed to.
On the Third World, three space explorers find life much like their own—but what is their own?
The aliens who live on the supposedly uninhabited planet have ways of keeping newcomers out. Take that blue and red bird of theirs, no bigger than a chicken…
Far in the future, the United States and the People’s Republic of China clash over methods of colonizing Mars.
What can an Earthman do when he sees his adopted people—gentle, lovable, cultured—go down before the crude barbarians they refuse to fight?
This third Nelson collection of imaginative science-fiction tales by Robert Silverberg will be welcomed by every science-fiction fan who has encountered this writer before.
A doomed space liner fights for its life as it plummets earthward with 150 passengers aboard, plus a crew of 30.
The aged Founder of the Domed City, where germs and pollution are sealed out, contemplates his life work with old-new eyes.
When an inexperienced skipper lands his rescue vessel on an ice-racked planet, he soon finds he needs rescue himself.
Howard Wilson, assistant professor of sociology, with his life and work all planned out for him, suddenly finds that nothing is turning out as it was supposed to.
On the Third World, three space explorers find life much like their own—but what is their own?
The aliens who live on the supposedly uninhabited planet have ways of keeping newcomers out. Take that blue and red bird of theirs, no bigger than a chicken…
Far in the future, the United States and the People’s Republic of China clash over methods of colonizing Mars.
What can an Earthman do when he sees his adopted people—gentle, lovable, cultured—go down before the crude barbarians they refuse to fight?
This third Nelson collection of imaginative science-fiction tales by Robert Silverberg will be welcomed by every science-fiction fan who has encountered this writer before.
191 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1976
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Robert Silverberg
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Robert Silverberg is a highly celebrated American science fiction author and editor known for his prolific output and literary range. Over a career spanning decades, he has won multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards and was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2004. Inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 1999, Silverberg is recognized for both his immense productivity and his contributions to the genre's evolution.
Born in Brooklyn, he began writing in his teens and won his first Hugo Award in 1956 as the best new writer. Throughout the 1950s, he produced vast amounts of fiction, often under pseudonyms, and was known for writing up to a million words a year. When the market declined, he diversified into other genres, including historical nonfiction and erotica.
Silverberg’s return to science fiction in the 1960s marked a shift toward deeper psychological and literary themes, contributing significantly to the New Wave movement. Acclaimed works from this period include Downward to the Earth, Dying Inside, Nightwings, and The World Inside. In the 1980s, he launched the Majipoor series with Lord Valentine’s Castle, creating one of the most imaginative planetary settings in science fiction.
Though he announced his retirement from writing in the mid-1970s, Silverberg returned with renewed vigor and continued to publish acclaimed fiction into the 1990s. He received further recognition with the Nebula-winning Sailing to Byzantium and the Hugo-winning Gilgamesh in the Outback.
Silverberg has also played a significant role as an editor and anthologist, shaping science fiction literature through both his own work and his influence on others. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, author Karen Haber.
Robert Silverberg is a highly celebrated American science fiction author and editor known for his prolific output and literary range. Over a career spanning decades, he has won multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards and was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2004. Inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 1999, Silverberg is recognized for both his immense productivity and his contributions to the genre's evolution.
Born in Brooklyn, he began writing in his teens and won his first Hugo Award in 1956 as the best new writer. Throughout the 1950s, he produced vast amounts of fiction, often under pseudonyms, and was known for writing up to a million words a year. When the market declined, he diversified into other genres, including historical nonfiction and erotica.
Silverberg’s return to science fiction in the 1960s marked a shift toward deeper psychological and literary themes, contributing significantly to the New Wave movement. Acclaimed works from this period include Downward to the Earth, Dying Inside, Nightwings, and The World Inside. In the 1980s, he launched the Majipoor series with Lord Valentine’s Castle, creating one of the most imaginative planetary settings in science fiction.
Though he announced his retirement from writing in the mid-1970s, Silverberg returned with renewed vigor and continued to publish acclaimed fiction into the 1990s. He received further recognition with the Nebula-winning Sailing to Byzantium and the Hugo-winning Gilgamesh in the Outback.
Silverberg has also played a significant role as an editor and anthologist, shaping science fiction literature through both his own work and his influence on others. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, author Karen Haber.
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May 5, 2018
I have read a lot of good novels of Silverberg. But after reading this story collection I am taken aback. Is this the same author? This was weak. Not one really good story and a few really dumb ones. What a disappointment
August 15, 2024
8 stories:
Sound Decision (1956) • with Randall Garrett
The Day the Founder Died (1974)
Quick Freeze (1957)
Stress Pattern (1960)
The Silent Colony (1954)
The Isolationists (1958)
Deadlock (1959) • with Barbara Silverberg
The Final Challenge (1956)
Sound Decision (1956) • with Randall Garrett
The Day the Founder Died (1974)
Quick Freeze (1957)
Stress Pattern (1960)
The Silent Colony (1954)
The Isolationists (1958)
Deadlock (1959) • with Barbara Silverberg
The Final Challenge (1956)
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