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BEYOND THE SAFE ZONE: COLLECTED STORIES OF ROBERT SILVERBERG.
New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., [1986]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. A major collection by one of SF's finest writer of short fiction, collecting two novellas and twenty-five stories. Includes "Good News from the Vatican," "The Feast of St. Dionysus," "Caught in the Organ Draft," "When We Went to See the End of the World," and many other memorable stories. See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1015.
THE BOOK OF SKULLS.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1972]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. "A student finds an ancient manuscript in the rare books room at the university library, which seems to promise immortality if he and three friends can track down the Brotherhood of the Skull. They travel to Arizona on their quest, only to find that what awaits is not immortality but terror and death. Very much a product of the late-1960s and early-1970s fascination with the occult and hallucinogenic transcendent experience, this novel still packs a considerable punch." - Michael M. Levy in Barron (ed), Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1406. 1972 Nebula nominee.
THE BOOK OF SKULLS.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1972]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Signed by Silverberg on the title page. "A student finds an ancient manuscript in the rare books room at the university library, which seems to promise immortality if he and three friends can track down the Brotherhood of the Skull. They travel to Arizona on their quest, only to find that what awaits is not immortality but terror and death. Very much a product of the late-1960s and early-1970s fascination with the occult and hallucinogenic transcendent experience, this novel still packs a considerable punch." - Michael M. Levy in Barron (ed), Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1406. 1972 Nebula nominee.
BORN WITH THE DEAD: THREE NOVELLAS.
New York: Random House, [1974]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects "Born with the Dead," "Thomas the Proclaimer," and "Going." Title novella won the 1974 Nebula and 1975 Hugo awards. "Going" is about "population control through voluntary suicide." - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, pp. 334-5.
BORN WITH THE DEAD: THREE NOVELLAS.
New York: Random House, [1974]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Review slip laid in. Collects "Born with the Dead," "Thomas the Proclaimer," and "Going." Title novella won the 1974 Nebula and 1975 Hugo awards. "Going" is about "population control through voluntary suicide." - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, pp. 334-5.
THE CALIBRATED ALLIGATOR AND OTHER SCIENCE FICTION STORIES.
New York, Chicago, San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1969]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects nine stories, all previously published in magazines.
CAPRICORN GAMES.
New York: Random House, 1976. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Story collection.
CAPRICORN GAMES.
New York: Random House, [1976]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects eight stories.
CAPRICORN GAMES.
New York: Random House, [1976]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects eight stories.
COLLISION COURSE.
New York: Avalon Books, [1961]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Review slip laid in.
COLLISION COURSE.
New York: Avalon Books, [1961]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Early minor Silverberg.
THE CUBE ROOT OF UNCERTAINTY.
[New York]: The Macmillan Company, [1970]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects twelve stories, most which first appeared in magazines.
DYING INSIDE.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1972]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Review slip laid in. "David Selig's extraordinary telepathic powers have made him an outcast. He is unable to come to terms with his declining talents and is terrified of losing them. A powerful and moving study that explores from a unique perspective the psychological, moral and social implications of psychic powers, a major concern in contemporary dark fantasy, especially in works such as Kings's THE DEAD ZONE and Matheson's A STIR OF ECHOES. Regarded by many as Silverberg's finest work." - Stefan Dizemianowicz in Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-334. Nominated for both the Hugo award and Nebula award. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1017. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-271. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 671-75.
DYING INSIDE.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1972]. Octavo, boards. First edition. "David Selig's extraordinary telepathic powers have made him an outcast. He is unable to come to terms with his declining talents and is terrified of losing them. A powerful and moving study that explores from a unique perspective the psychological, moral and social implications of psychic powers, a major concern in contemporary dark fantasy, especially in works such as Kings's THE DEAD ZONE and Matheson's A STIR OF ECHOES. Regarded by many as Silverberg's finest work." - Stefan Dizemianowicz in Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-334. Nominated for both the Hugo award and Nebula award. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1017. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-271. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 671-75.
DYING INSIDE.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1972]. Octavo, boards. First edition. "David Selig's extraordinary telepathic powers have made him an outcast. He is unable to come to terms with his declining talents and is terrified of losing them. A powerful and moving study that explores from a unique perspective the psychological, moral and social implications of psychic powers, a major concern in contemporary dark fantasy, especially in works such as Kings's THE DEAD ZONE and Matheson's A STIR OF ECHOES. Regarded by many as Silverberg's finest work." - Stefan Dizemianowicz in Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-334. Nominated for both the Hugo award and Nebula award. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1017. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-271. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 671-75.
EARTH'S OTHER SHADOW: NINE SCIENCE FICTION STORIES.
[London]: Millington, [1977]. "First published in Great Britain in 1977..." on copyright page. First British and first hardcover edition. Signed by Silverberg on the half title page. Collects nine stories including "To See the Invisible Man, Ishmael in Love, and "How It Was When the Past Went Away."
THE FEAST OF ST. DIONYSUS: FIVE SCIENCE FICTION STORIES.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition.
THE GATE OF WORLDS.
New York, Chicago, San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1967]. Octavo, pictorial cloth. First edition. In the "Holt Library Edition" binding. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-140.
GILGAMESH THE KING.
[New York]: Arbor House, [1984]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Historical fantasy. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-231.
GILGAMESH THE KING.
[New York]: Arbor House, [1984]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-231.
HOMEFARING.
Huntington Woods, Michigan: Phantasia Press, 1983. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 450 numbered copies signed by Silverberg.
HOT SKY AT MIDNIGHT.
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, [1994]. Octavo, frontispiece by Frank Mayo, full leather, a.e.g. First edition. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by Silverberg. "The depleted Earth is surrounded by a 'hot sky' of orbiting satellites. Meanwhile, Japanese-dominated corporations research bioengineering and star flight as alternative solutions to the human impasse. A grim, unblinking view of a likely future." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 176. Introduction by James Gunn. Part of the Easton press signed first edition series. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1986-2009.
KINGDOMS OF THE WALL.
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, [1993]. Octavo, frontispiece by Frank Kelly Freas, full leather, a.e.g. First limited edition. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by Silverberg. Co-winner of the 1994 Philip K. Dick Award. Introduction by James Gunn. Part of the Easton press signed first edition series. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-412.
LORD OF DARKNESS.
New York: Arbor House, [1983]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition.
LORD OF DARKNESS.
New York: Arbor House, [1983]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Historical novel with sixteenth century African setting.