Robert Silverberg: award-winning science fiction books

Novella · 1974

Locus winnerNebula winnerHugo recognition

His wife was among the rekindled dead now. He'd heard that she was on a plane to Zanzibar with five other rekindled dead.

Nightwings

Novella · 1969

Hugo winnerNebula recognition

It was Avluela the Flier's scarlet and ebony wings that led the Watcher to the seven hills of the ancient city, leaving the skies and deep space unguarded. And so the invaders came and conquered and Avluela became lost in the turmoil.

A Time of Changes

Novel · 1971

Nebula winnerHugo recognitionLocus recognition

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…

Sailing to Byzantium

Novella · 1985

Nebula winnerHugo recognitionLocus recognition

The world's most distinguished author of the literature of the fantastic presents his most extraordinary stories of worlds lost and dreams fulfilled...

The Secret Sharer

Novella · 1987

Locus winnerHugo recognitionNebula recognition

A 1987 science fiction novella by Robert Silverberg. Locus Award winner; Hugo and Nebula recognition.

Hawksbill Station

Novella · 1968

Hugo recognitionNebula recognition

In the mid-21st century, time travel is used to send political prisoners to Hawksbill Station, a prison camp in the late Cambrian Era.

Thorns

Novel · 1967

Hugo recognitionNebula recognition

Duncan Chalk's six-hundred-pound frame is nearly as large as his media empire. Beneath the depths of his immense rolls of flab, the fabulously wealthy mogul wields the editorial power to deliver his programming across the solar system to billions of viewers.

The Masks of Time

Novel · 1968

Nebula recognition

Vornan-19 fell from the sky, naked, and landed on the Spanish steps in Rome on Christmas afternoon toward the end of the Millennium. And for Leo Garfield things would never be the same.

To JorslemRobert Silverberg

To Jorslem

Novella · 1969

Hugo recognitionNebula recognition

A 1969 science fiction novella by Robert Silverberg. Hugo and Nebula recognition.

Up the Line

Novel · 1969

Hugo recognitionNebula recognition

Being a Time Courier was one of the best jobs Judson Daniel Elliott III ever had. It was tricky, though, taking group after group of tourists back to the same historic event, without meeting yourself coming or going.

The World OutsideRobert Silverberg

The World Outside

Novella · 1970

Hugo recognition

A 1970 science fiction novella by Robert Silverberg. Hugo recognition.

Tower of Glass

Novel · 1970

Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition

Simeon Krug has a vision--and the vast wealth necessary to turn dream into reality. What he wishes is to communicate with the stars, to answer signals from deep space.

Downward to the Earth

Novel · 1970

Locus recognition

From the shrouding fogs of its Mist Country to the lunatic tropical fertility of its jungles, the planet Belzagor was alien in the extreme. Before the decolonization movement, it had been part of Earth's Galaxy-wide empire.

The World Inside

Novel · 1971

Hugo recognition

In 2381, the highly regulated life at the giant building known as Urbmon 116 may seem ideal, but some residents are experiencing dangerous dissatisfaction.

Dying Inside

Novel · 1972

Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition

David Selig is outwardly unimpressive. His early promise as a student and scholar is unrealised. He has no proper job, he has no girlfriend.

The Book of Skulls

Novel · 1972

Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition

The Book of Skulls is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert Silverberg, first published in 1972. It was nominated for the Nebula Award in 1972, and both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1973.

The Feast of St. Dionysus

Novella · 1973

Locus recognition

These stories were written before the end of Silverberg's "first period" (i.e., before 1974), and represent some of the finest short work he did during that time. The title story is a fine exploration of both survivor's guilt and the healing power of religious ecstasy.

The Stochastic Man

Novel · 1975

Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition

A 1975 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg. Hugo and Locus and Nebula recognition.

Shadrach in the Furnace

Novel · 1976

Hugo recognitionNebula recognition

A Hugo and Nebula Award Finalist novel from a Grand Master of science fiction! A modern day Genghis Khan rules the world 30 years from now, after it has been ravaged by the Virus Wars.

Lord Valentine's Castle

Novel · 1980 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover

Hugo recognition

On the planet of Majipoor, Valentine struggles to reclaim his birthright when he realizes that he is the true Coronal, Lord Valentine, who has been drugged, physically altered, and replaced on the throne.