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Worlds of Maybe: Seven Stories of Science Fiction
Introduction; Sidewise in Time by Murray Leinster; Sail On! Sail On! by Phillip Jose Farmer; Slips Take Over by Miriam Allen deFord; All the Myriad Ways by Larry Niven; Living Space by Isaac Asimov; Translation Error by Robert Silverberg; Delenda Est by Poul Anderson
256 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1970
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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 9, 2016-Delenda Est by Poul Anderson -OK. read.(2 stars)
La Patrulla del Tiempo tiene una base de operaciones en el Pleistoceno porque ni importa lo que pase alli (¿? -->querido Ray Bradbury rueda en su tumba).
The main nuisance was that female agents from the more libertine periods upstairs were always having affairs with the native hunters.
(WTF, Anderson?)
Mucho blabla sin ningún sentido para no-explicar , y tenemos a Manse Everard y Piet van Sarawak que se van de vacaciones a N.Y de 196o, y se encuentran con Steam-Punk paganos.
Creo que estoy que le quito una estrella a esto -_- . Mi alma historiadora no puede tragar esto.
July 29, 2020
This anthology collects seven alternate-history science fiction stories. I particularly liked Sail On! Sail On! by Philip Jose Farmer and Sidewise in Time by Murray Leinster. The latter, a novella from way back in 1934, is arguably the first example of this sub-genre. Leinster was a pen-name the very prolific Will F. Jenkins used on his science fiction, and he was a good writer not well enough remembered for his important contributions to the field. My favorite story in this book was the delightfully mind-expanding All the Myriad Ways by Larry Niven.
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June 16, 2012I bought this for the story "Sidewise in Time" which is supposedly the first instance of a story of multiple-universe time travel. It was written in 1937. Wonderful stuff. I'm also enjoying other stories in the collection.
August 1, 2009
Seven SF stories, including Delenda est by Anderson. Good stuff.
September 4, 2012
Surprisingly good. Really fun short stories about parallel universes.
November 13, 2020
One of the first alternate universe/alternate history books I read. It hooked me on the genre.
March 1, 2024
Average to fair quality.
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