ISBN: 9781941110720
Editorial: Three
Autor: Clayton, Lena
Año de edición: 2018
Edición: 1
N° Paginas: 480
Tipo de pasta: Pasta blanda
Descripción: Winner of the 2018 Foreword INDIES Award Gold Medal for Best Sci-Fi! TIME AND TIME AGAIN: Sixteen Trips in Time by beloved science fiction Grand Master ROBERT SILVERBERG presents of all his best time travel fiction in one stunning collection. Silverberg introduces this new collection with a new essay praising early sci-fi icons that left a lasting impression on him as a young boy and launched his sixty-year voyage in time travel fiction. Over the course of his career, Silverberg expanded time travel’s incredible world of freedom and mystery and delivered imaginative and intriguing stories that are hailed globally. Tales in TIME AND TIME AGAIN include: a marriage destroyed by a time travelling rival, a human waking up in the mind of a lobster after being sent to the future, and a Silverbergian touch to the age-old story of getting an advance peek at the next day’s newspaper. Each story additionally features new introductions and anecdotes by Silverberg that recount his experiences writing for the greatest science fiction magazines of the past and present. TIME AND TIME AGAIN reaffirms Silverberg’s mastery of not only the science fiction genre, but its most ubiquitous theme. Críticas High Praise for TIME AND TIME AGAIN Winner of the 2018 Foreword INDIES Award Gold Medal for Best Sci-Fi! As this collection makes abundantly clear, Silverberg is a master of virtually every subgenre of the time travel story, his mastery increasing as his career developed and he became confident enough to depart from ready formulas. Los Angeles Review of Books Silverberg's mastery of the sf form and of time travel in particular makes this collection a joy to read, and highly recommended for any reader interested in engaging and exciting speculative fiction. --Booklist, starred review "With dazzling prose and original plotlines, Silverberg proves himself to be a master of the [time-travel] genre. . . A mind-bending collection of fantastic tales that belongs on any science fiction fan's bookshelf." --Foreword Reviews, starred review A treasury for connoisseurs of quality science fiction in general and Silverberg's work in particular. Highly recommended for both personal and public library sci-fi collections! --Midwest Book Review Revolutionary time-travel tales. --Kirkus Reviews The leaps of imagination are fresh as ever, and both new readers and those familiar with Silverberg's work will appreciate his ability to spin a gripping yarn. --Publishers Weekly A fantastic assembly of time travel stories from one of the best writers of our time." --The Spine View Past Praise for ROBERT SILVERBERG "Robert Silverberg is our best . . . Time and time again he has expanded the parameters of science fiction." ―The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction "One of science fiction's modern masters . . . His words and his work have shaped the whole direction of the field." ―Chicago Sun-Times "Done Silverberg's way, science fiction is a fine art." ―Associated Press "The John Updike of science fiction." ―The New York Times Book Review "A master of his craft and imagination." ―Los Angeles Times Biografía del autor Robert Silverberg, author, is one of science fiction’s most beloved writers, and the author of such contemporary classics as Dying Inside, Downward to the Earth and Lord Valentine’s Castle, as well as At Winter’s End. He is a past president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and the winner of five Nebula Awards and five Hugo Awards. In 2004 the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America presented him with the Grand Master Award. Silverberg is one of twenty-nine writers to have received that distinction.
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- Envío: Desde EE.UU.
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