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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pleasant surprise - Rate : ****1/2,
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This review is from: To Be Continued, Volume One: The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg (Hardcover)
Being a Silverberg fan for years and knowing by
experience that his best works had been written
between 1965-1976 it was with some reservations
that I picked this volume up.
While the majority of the stories don't rank
among his best short works they are wonderful
examples of a writer trying to hit his stride
by avoiding pulp-formulas, adressing serious
issues and even experimenting with form
and style.
Here we encounter clever time-paradoxes stories(Absolutely Inflexible),
moving Twilight Zone-like fables (The Warm Man)
disturbing horror-science fiction hybrids (
The Road to Nightfall), lyrical fables (The Songs
of Summer), Sheckleyan comedy (The Silent Colony),
hard SF (Sunrise on Mercury), Simakian and Asimovian
robot stories (Ozymandias, The Iron Chancellor)etc.
The introductions for each story are superb and add
extra flavour to the reading experience.
This collection is a clear proof that from the very
beginning Silverberg was a writer of considerable skill
and ambition.
After finishing it I had the sensation of discovering
a new writer, a new "old" Silverberg very different from
stories like The Gorgon Planet(included here only for the
sake of curiosity and historical interest).
While this book can't be recommended for those who desire
to immerse themselves for the first time in Silverberg's mind
and imagination (I strongly recommend any collection covering the
period mentioned above)To Be Continued is mandatory reading
for Silverberg addicts.
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg Volume One: To Be Continued
(Covering the period between 1953-1958)
Gorgon Planet **1/2
The Road to Nightfall *****
Absolutely Inflexible ****
The Silent Colony ****
The Macauley Circuit *****
The Songs of Summer ****1/2
To Be Continued ****
Alaree *****
The Artifact Business ****
Collecting Team ****
A Man of Talent ****1/2
One-Way Journey ****
Sunrise on Mercury -
World of a Thousand Colours ***
The Warm Man *****
Blaze of Glory ***1/2
Why? ***1/2
The Outbreeders ****1/2
The Man Who Never Forgot ****
There Was An Old Woman ****
The Iron Chancellor ***1/2
Ozymandias ****
Counterpart ****1/2
Delivery Guaranteed **
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To Be Continued, Volume One: The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg by Robert Silverberg (Hardcover - Dec. 2006)
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