Sailing to Byzantium: Six Novellas
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (671 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 148041817X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 560 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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“The detailed plots and situations represented in this collection cover much futuristic ground, ranging from the physics of time and space travel to the role of God in societies to come.” —Publishers Weekly
This was a really cool story. It's a bit poetic and atmospheric Liz This was a really cool story. It's a bit poetic and atmospheric, and the romance it features serves to make a greater point. The world it represents is really fascinating and I loved the style of the story. Good for a longish drive on audio.. David B. said This is a crap book. I like Silverberg a lot, but this novella is all introduction of an idea that turns out not to be particularly interesting. Skip it.
In the Nebula Award–nominated story “Homefaring,” the time-traveling narrator finds himself trapped in the consciousness of a lobsterlike creature of the far future, leading him to reflect on what it means to be human. A collection of six critically acclaimed novellas by science fiction Grand Master Robert Silverberg—including the Nebula Award–winning “Sailing to Byzantium” and “Born with the Dead”Robert Silverberg’s novellas open the door to new worlds: In “Born with the Dead,” a woman wills her body to be “rekindled” after death, allowing her to walk among the living, while her husband is left in the impossible position of accepting her death when he can still see her. And in the collection’s Nebula Award–winning title story, the Earth of the fiftieth century is a place where time is elusive and fluid, and young citizens live as tourists in