3 books by Robert Silverberg
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Overview: Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is an American author and editor, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple winner of both Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and a Grand Master of SF. He has attended every Hugo Awards ceremony since the inaugural event in 1953.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Downward to the Earth: The Original Illustrated Novel (ed. Jerry eBooks, 2016) Magazine version
Galaxy SCIENCE FICTION
Part I, November 1969, Volume 29, Number 3
Part II, December 1969, Volume 29, Number 4
Part III, February 1970, Volume 29, Number 5
Conclusion, March 1970, Volume 29, Number 6
Gundersen returned to Holman’s World seeking atonement for his harsh years as colonial governer. But now this lush, exotic planet of mystery was called by its ancient name of Belzagor, and it belonged once again to its native alien races, the nildoror and the sulidoror. Drawn by its spell, Gundersen began a harrowing pilgrimage to its mist-shrouded north, to witness a strange ritual rebirth that would alter him forever.
Revolt on Alpha C (1955) (ed. Jerry eBooks, 2014)
With a mighty twist, the Space Ship Carden lunges into overdrive and shoots out into space. Ahead lies Alpha C IV, eerie world of three suns. But the Carden arrives on Alpha C right in the thick of a revolution against Earth. Treason! Then young cadet Larry Stark finds himself caught up in the revolution . . . on both sides!
Starman’s Quest 1st ed. (1958) (ed. Jerry eBooks, 2016)
Starman’s Quest is a science fiction novel, published in 1958 by Gnome Press in an edition of 5,000 copies, of which only 3,000 were bound.
The story revolves around protagonist Alan Donnell, having just turned 17 and living on a space ship for all his life. While mankind has finally mastered interstellar travel, it is still bound to the speed of light using so-called Lexman drives. As a result, spacefarers experience the FitzGerald contraction, aging only a couple of weeks during their flights, where — depending on the actual distance traveled — years or even centuries pass by. This leads to the strange situation that Alan biologically is 17, but 300 in earth years.
Rumor has it that already in 2570, i.e. 1300 years prior to the story time, the Cavour hyperdrive was invented by seclusive scientist James Hudson Cavour, who however vanished after his has announcement that he finally achieved success.
As a result, spacefarers have become somewhat separated from Earth and their colonies, typically only stopping for loading, unloading and maintenance overhaul where they live in almost ghetto-like spacemen enclaves, and otherwise living in the segregated community of their ships.
For Alan, this setting feels increasingly constricted. Like his brother 8 years ago (experienced as just 6 weeks on the starship) on the last Earth stop, he leaves the starmen’s enclave to explore earth. Being more lucky than his brother back then, he makes contact with a helpful wealthy gambler, Max Hawkes, who helps Alan find his brother and return him back to the ship.
This time, Alan stays on earth — and subsequently goes on a search for the Cavour hyperdrive.
Finally succeeding in retrieving crucial information and, also thanks to the wealth inherited from Max, building the Cavour hyperdrive, his maiden voyage takes him to his father’s spaceship, reuniting with his brother almost 8 years later, now being twins of same age again due to the effects of the Fitzgerald contraction.
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