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New Dimensions #10
New Dimensions Science Fiction Number 10
Contents
Introduction (New Dimensions 10) • essay by Robert Silverberg
Holy • novelette by Orson Scott Card
Animals • short story by John Kessel
Amadeus • novelette by Carter Scholz
Growing Up on Vlin • short story by Sydelle Shamah
Deletions • novelette by Joseph Francavilla [as by Joseph V. Francavilla]
The Breath Amidst the Stones • short story by Bruce Taylor
A Chrysalis Unbroken • short story by Alex Jeffers [as by Peter Santiago C.]
Mare Somniorum • novelette by Stephen W. Potts
Circus • short story by Marta Randall
A Presidential Tape • short story by Felix C. Gotschalk
Introduction (New Dimensions 10) • essay by Robert Silverberg
Holy • novelette by Orson Scott Card
Animals • short story by John Kessel
Amadeus • novelette by Carter Scholz
Growing Up on Vlin • short story by Sydelle Shamah
Deletions • novelette by Joseph Francavilla [as by Joseph V. Francavilla]
The Breath Amidst the Stones • short story by Bruce Taylor
A Chrysalis Unbroken • short story by Alex Jeffers [as by Peter Santiago C.]
Mare Somniorum • novelette by Stephen W. Potts
Circus • short story by Marta Randall
A Presidential Tape • short story by Felix C. Gotschalk
188 pages, Hardcover
First published August 1, 1980
About the author
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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