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The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Vol 6: Multiples 1983-87
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg Vol 6 Multiples 1983-87 Author:Robert Silverberg Sixth in the volumes collecting all of the short stories and novellas SF Grandmaster Silverberg wants to take their place on the permanent shelf--stories which Silverberg deems the best of his early era. — Contents: —
Introduction (Multiples) • essay by Robert Silverberg;
Tourist Trade (1984): Eitel is an art ... more »dealer who is selling a Renaissance painting to collectors from Centauras. His price was four million, but he offers a special deal when he sees the lady Centauran;
Multiples (1983): looking at multiple personalities;
Against Babylon (1986): aliens visit and inadvertently set fire to Los Angeles.;
Symbiont (1985): about cowardice and mercy;
Sailing to Byzantium (1985): a future 50th century youthful alien culture enjoys temporarily recreating and touring ancient Earth cities. They enjoy pulling a few human visitors out of time to share their creations with them;
Sunrise on Pluto (1985): the first explorers on Pluto find a life form. Or is a machine? How do we know the difference?;
Hardware (1987): scientists from Earth discover a computer embedded in an asteroid. When they bring it back to the lab, it begins to rally the computers on Earth.;
Hannibal's Elephants (1988): aliens landing in Central Park;
Blindsight (1986): twist on the familiar revenge story;
Gilgamesh in the Outback [Gilgamesh] (1986): when Howard sees Gilgamesh, he thinks he’s found Conan...;
The Pardoner's Tale (1987): a fun and fast-moving cyberpunk story;
The Iron Star (1987): fear of first contact with an alien civilization;
The Secret Sharer (1987): loneliness, companionship, the difference between mind and body, and the quiet beauty of space;
House of Bones (1988): modern people going back to prehistoric times.