| A Time of Changes Contributor(s): Silverberg, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0765322315 ISBN-13: 9780765322319 Publisher: Orb Books OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2009 Annotation: The Nebula Award-winning classic returns to print with a new introduction by the author |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - General - Fiction | Dystopian |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2009002628 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.57 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With a new introduction by author Robert Silverberg, and the first-ever map of Borthan, this classic sci-fi novel A Time of Changes, out of print since 1992, will delight fans of dystopian fiction In the far future, Earth is a worn-out backwater and humanity is spread across the galaxy on worlds that began as colonies, but now feel like home, each with its own long history of a thousand years or more, and each with its own unique culture. One of the strangest is on Borthan, where the founding settlers established the Covenant, which teaches that the self is to be despised, and forbids anyone to reveal his innermost thoughts or feelings to another. On Borthan, the filthiest obscenities imaginable are the words I and me. For the heinous crime of self-baring, apostates have always paid with exile or death, but after his eyes are opened by a visitor from Earth, Kinnall Darival, prince of Salla, risks everything to teach his people the real meaning of being human. |
Contributor Bio(s): Silverberg, Robert: - Robert Silverberg has written more than 160 science fiction novels and nonfiction books. In his spare time he has edited over 60 anthologies. He began submitting stories to science fiction magazines when he was just 13. His first published story, entitled "Gorgon Planet," appeared in 1954 when he was a sophomore at Columbia University. In 1956 he won his first Hugo Award, for Most Promising New Author, and he hasn't stopped writing since. Among his standouts: the bestselling Lord Valentine trilogy, set on the planet of Majipoor, and the timeless classics Dying Inside and A Time of Changes. Silverberg has won the prestigious Nebula Award an astonishing five times, and Hugo Awards on four separate occasions; he has been nominated for both awards more times that any other writer. In 2004, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America gave him their Grand Master award for career achievement, making him the only SF writer to win a major award in each of six consecutive decades. |