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Os Jogos do Capricórnio
Cover artist: A. Pedro
De Robert Silverberg, bastará dizer que é um dos grandes autores da moderna ficção-científica - ou, para falar mais propriamente, do género que se designa por ficção-especulativa e que só os grandes mestres, de Edgar Allan Poe a Ray Bradbury, sabem dominar. Galardoado em 1956 com o único Prémio Hugo até hoje concedido "ao Novo Autor mais promissor", agraciado com outro Prémio Hugo em 1969 pela sua curta história Nightwings, galardoado com o Prémio Nebula em 1971 pela novela A Time of Changes, foi também o convidado de honra da World Science Fiction Convention em Heidelberga, em 1970, e da British Science Fiction Convention, em Manchester, em 1976. Recebeu ainda os Prémios Nebula para histórias curtas em 1969 (Passengers) e em 1974 (Born With the Dead), e as suas novelas Thorns e The Book of Skulls foram as segundas mais votadas, também para o Prémio Nebula.
O seu estilo não é fácil. Tem muito de surrealista. Mas é diferente. E o livro mais diferente, entre todos os de Silverberg, é a colectânea de histórias curtas a que foi dado o nome de Capricorn Games - Os Jogos do Capricórnio, na versão portuguesa.
Contos:
Os Jogos do Capricórnio
O Templo da Ficção-Científica
Manuscrito Encontrado numa Máquina do Tempo Abandonada
Breckenridge e o Contínuo
Nave-Irmã, Estrela-Irmã
Um Mar de Rostos
De um Lado para o Outro
De Robert Silverberg, bastará dizer que é um dos grandes autores da moderna ficção-científica - ou, para falar mais propriamente, do género que se designa por ficção-especulativa e que só os grandes mestres, de Edgar Allan Poe a Ray Bradbury, sabem dominar. Galardoado em 1956 com o único Prémio Hugo até hoje concedido "ao Novo Autor mais promissor", agraciado com outro Prémio Hugo em 1969 pela sua curta história Nightwings, galardoado com o Prémio Nebula em 1971 pela novela A Time of Changes, foi também o convidado de honra da World Science Fiction Convention em Heidelberga, em 1970, e da British Science Fiction Convention, em Manchester, em 1976. Recebeu ainda os Prémios Nebula para histórias curtas em 1969 (Passengers) e em 1974 (Born With the Dead), e as suas novelas Thorns e The Book of Skulls foram as segundas mais votadas, também para o Prémio Nebula.
O seu estilo não é fácil. Tem muito de surrealista. Mas é diferente. E o livro mais diferente, entre todos os de Silverberg, é a colectânea de histórias curtas a que foi dado o nome de Capricorn Games - Os Jogos do Capricórnio, na versão portuguesa.
Contos:
Os Jogos do Capricórnio
O Templo da Ficção-Científica
Manuscrito Encontrado numa Máquina do Tempo Abandonada
Breckenridge e o Contínuo
Nave-Irmã, Estrela-Irmã
Um Mar de Rostos
De um Lado para o Outro
178 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1976
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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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Displaying 1 - 17 of 17 reviews
October 11, 2016
About half of these eight stories are worthwhile. Three of them – "The science fiction hall of fame", "Ms. found in an abandoned time machine", and "Breckenridge and the continuum" – are annoying experimental and self-consciously psychedelic, composed of seemingly random fragments and with little discernible point as far as I could see.
Fortunately the others are far better. "The dybbuk of Mazel Tov IV" is basically a joke about warring strands of Judaism, but the other three are well-imagined tales of journeys into other dimensions, often involving trips inside a character's mind (head trips, literally). And while they're dated in many ways the fluidity of the writing makes them very readable.
Fortunately the others are far better. "The dybbuk of Mazel Tov IV" is basically a joke about warring strands of Judaism, but the other three are well-imagined tales of journeys into other dimensions, often involving trips inside a character's mind (head trips, literally). And while they're dated in many ways the fluidity of the writing makes them very readable.
January 6, 2024
Love Silverberg, but these are mainly old notes and scraps.
June 27, 2021
Qué descubrimiento más bonito.
Me he enamorado de Silverberg.
Me he enamorado de Silverberg.
May 17, 2022
Read "Capricorn Games" as a kid. Story didn't age well.
Ironically, the story is about mortality: a dying billionaire and a spiritual immortal are contrasted. It's also about sex, drugs, astrology, telepathy, and various exotica.
A shallow girl fails to manipulate a man. I remembered it as a rich fable about social masks and conflicting social agendas. But it's not.
Ironically, the story is about mortality: a dying billionaire and a spiritual immortal are contrasted. It's also about sex, drugs, astrology, telepathy, and various exotica.
A shallow girl fails to manipulate a man. I remembered it as a rich fable about social masks and conflicting social agendas. But it's not.
May 17, 2016
Capricorn Games [*****]
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame [****]
Ms. Found in an Abandoned Time Machine [***]
Breckenridge and the Continuum [**]
Ship-Sister, Star-Sister [**]
A Sea of Faces [**]
The Dybbuk of Mazel Tov IV [*]
Getting Across [*]
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame [****]
Ms. Found in an Abandoned Time Machine [***]
Breckenridge and the Continuum [**]
Ship-Sister, Star-Sister [**]
A Sea of Faces [**]
The Dybbuk of Mazel Tov IV [*]
Getting Across [*]
January 5, 2014
Mostly dated 60/70s freak out stories, but "The dybbuk of Mazel Tov IV" was hilarious.
December 23, 2024
Inclui:
- "Os Jogos do Capricórnio" (Capricorn Games - 1974);
- "O Templo da Ficção Científica" (The Science Fiction Hall of Fame - 1973);
- "Manuscrito encontrado numa Máquina do Tempo Abandonada" (Ms. Found in an Abandoned Time Machine - 1973);
- "Breckenbridge e o Contínuo" (Breckenridge and the Continuum - 1973);
- "Nave Irmã, Estrela Irmã" (Ship-Sister, Star-Sister - 1973);
- "Um Mar de Rostos" (A Sea of Faces - 1974);
- "O Dybbuk de Mazel Tov IV " (The Dybbuk of Mazel Tov IV - 1974);
- "De um Lado para o Outro" (Getting Across - 1973).
- "Os Jogos do Capricórnio" (Capricorn Games - 1974);
- "O Templo da Ficção Científica" (The Science Fiction Hall of Fame - 1973);
- "Manuscrito encontrado numa Máquina do Tempo Abandonada" (Ms. Found in an Abandoned Time Machine - 1973);
- "Breckenbridge e o Contínuo" (Breckenridge and the Continuum - 1973);
- "Nave Irmã, Estrela Irmã" (Ship-Sister, Star-Sister - 1973);
- "Um Mar de Rostos" (A Sea of Faces - 1974);
- "O Dybbuk de Mazel Tov IV " (The Dybbuk of Mazel Tov IV - 1974);
- "De um Lado para o Outro" (Getting Across - 1973).
May 23, 2025
All the stories within also appear in the much larger collection Beyond the Safe Zone, which is what I actually read. I'm a collection/anthology/short story fiend so I bought this without considering whether I might be double dipping. This collection's stories are from Silverberg's later career and involve the future in some way, be it merely setting or as a plot point. While it might not be Silverberg's very best (although it was nominated for a Locus), it's still a highly entertaining read.
July 28, 2022
I thought it was an interesting magazine sci-fi story. This sci-fi story was centered on a Birthday party for our 2 main characters, an analysis is offered in to the different ways of acting in our time compared to theirs, there is barely any new technology at all it turns out to be a superb story of class warfare. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in class difference.
August 27, 2021
Gets better with each reading.
Probably the third time I've read this over four decades. Like the World Inside and Downward to the Earth it becomes a different story to me at each stage of my life. I am Dave the husband of Sheri.
Probably the third time I've read this over four decades. Like the World Inside and Downward to the Earth it becomes a different story to me at each stage of my life. I am Dave the husband of Sheri.
December 22, 2019
Un conjunto de relatos de ciencia ficción con elementos comunes como: robots, naves espaciales, viajes en el tiempo.
books-with-go-references
December 5, 2020This volume of short stories includes Ship Sister, Star Sister, which was later expanded into the novel Starborne. .
Go plays a major role in the story.
Go plays a major role in the story.
April 4, 2023
Subtle and haunting dreams
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August 2, 2023Aborted Read.
This book is rare. All stories in this book can be found in "The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, (Volume Three). Publisher D I Fine. 1986.
This book is rare. All stories in this book can be found in "The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, (Volume Three). Publisher D I Fine. 1986.
April 26, 2023
Capricorn Games (1974)
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame (1973)
Ms. Found in an Abandoned Time Machine (1973)
Breckenridge and the Continuum (1973)
Ship-Sister, Star-Sister (1973)
A Sea of Faces (1974)
The Dybbuk of Mazel Tov IV (1974)
Getting Across (1973)
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame (1973)
Ms. Found in an Abandoned Time Machine (1973)
Breckenridge and the Continuum (1973)
Ship-Sister, Star-Sister (1973)
A Sea of Faces (1974)
The Dybbuk of Mazel Tov IV (1974)
Getting Across (1973)
July 3, 2015
En esta entrega de recopilaciones de ciencia ficción, exclusivamente nos encontramos con relatos del mismo autor.
Silverberg ( un gran escritor de la temática, aunque no tan conocido ni laureado como Heilein o Asimov), hace despliega de su capacidad creativa y cambio de temática dentro del mismo género. Un imprescindible para conocer al escritor.
Silverberg ( un gran escritor de la temática, aunque no tan conocido ni laureado como Heilein o Asimov), hace despliega de su capacidad creativa y cambio de temática dentro del mismo género. Un imprescindible para conocer al escritor.
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