Robert Silverberg

[Connavar]

I havent read him but have wanted to read him for a while now.

I couldnt find none of his better books in the library.

Was wondering which one of Nightwings and The Man in The Maze you would recommend more. Those two sounded like an interesting place to start.

Im gonna buy one of them. Also im not asking which one of those two books you think is better but about which one of them is more suited for a RS newbie.

[Ian Whates]

Both are very good; Man in the Maze was actually the first of his I read, but personally I'd go for Nightwings, which is one of my all-time favourite Silverbergs.

If you're looking for other recommendations, Downward to the Earth is another that I thought was fabulous. Even though I guessed the 'big reveal' early on, it still didn't stop me enjoying what was an excellent evocation of an alien world and the humans interacting with that environment. Dying Inside is another must-read -- totally different and very intense, but quite superb. Then there's Thorns... (sigh)

[Addy]

Originally Posted by Connavar of Rigante

I havent read him but have wanted to read him for a while now.

I couldnt find none of his better books in the library.

Was wondering which one of Nightwings and The Man in The Maze you would recommend more. Those two sounded like an interesting place to start.

Im gonna buy one of them. Also im not asking which one of those two books you think is better but about which one of them is more suited for a RS newbie.

I think you're probably going to enjoy Nightwings better, since it's more of a SF and Fantasy crossover. Yes, I know you like SF too, but there you go.

[Connavar]

The Man in The Maze sounded interesting cause how the main guy ending up bieng nun human. Reminds me of Man Plus of Pohl which i enjoyed alot.


Still Nightwing it is, sounds good and most importantly i havent read many books that have both SF and Fantasy elements.

[GOLLUM]

You must try his Majipoor series then. Probably my favourite Science Fantasy sequence of all time outside Gene Wolfe's Book Of The New Sun.

No-one mentioned Dying Inside yet? It's one of his materpieces!

[Ian Whates]

Originally Posted by GOLLUM

No-one mentioned Dying Inside yet?

Ehm.. Yes, actually... Twice so far in this thread. With your mention, that's three.

There again, it's a classic book and fully deserves the exposure!

[GOLLUM]

OH OK then I didn't see those posts, thanks for the heads up Ian...

[Who's Wee Dug]

He still looked very dapper at the Worldcon in Japan,he was the first author I spotted on checking in to the hotel.

[Fried Egg]

I've just finished "Book of Skulls" and whilst I did think it was very good, I wouldn't really have classified it as science fiction.

[iansales]

The protagonist of Dying Inside is too unlikeable to really enjoy the book. A Time of Changes, OTOH, I remember as very good indeed. And if you don't want to think too much, there's always Lord Valentine's Castle and its sequels - they're fun reads. A lot of Silverberg's fiction, I find can be very cold, as if churned out by the numbers. But he has written some very good stuff.

[Connavar]

I just heard from by bookstore that my omnibus with Nightwings and The Man in The Maze who was stuck in the shipping is coming in this week.

I can finaly read this author.

The Man in The Maze, i have high hopes cause its sounds so interesting.

It really sucks to see that an author that have several classic works in SF and Fantasy have several of them out of print. My omnibus is second hand and more expensive than a new collection.....

[HardScienceFan]

Con

Nightwings is an amazing tale of redemption & love

[flygin]

I just mooched Dying Inside. It arrived yesterday. I think it's next on the reading pile, once I finish the Amber Chronicles.

[D_Davis]

I have Downward to the Earth to read. This will be my first book by the author. Looking forward to it.

[j. d. worthington]

For those just encountering Silverberg, you have a lot of treats ahead of you, from very meaty novels such as Thorns and Dying Inside, to short tales such as "Flies" and "Good News from the Vatican". He has his share of less-than-successful tales, it's true, but considering how prolific he has been and how long he's been writing... they're very few....