Sul pianeta Kalgash, illuminato da sei soli, il Buio non è immaginabile e l'evento di un'eclissi, già profetizzato da una setta religiosa come preludio alla fine del mondo, scatena prima un'agitazione e poi una follia distruttiva e omicida. Soltanto Theremon e Siferra, un giornalista e un'archeologa, cercano di opporsi all'ondata di panico che travolge la popolazione e di riportare l'ordine sul pianeta Kalgash. Un romanzo di fantascienza che gioca con sottile abilità su una delle paure più recondite dell'uomo: cosa si nasconde nel buio della notte?
Robert Silverberg Libri
- Lee Sebastian
- Calvin M. Knox
- Dozens
- Franklin Hamilton
- Lloyd Robinson
- Walker Chapman
- John Dexter
- Paul Hollander







Millemondiestate 1983
Tre romanzi completi
Lord Valentine's Castle
- 444pagine
- 16 ore di lettura
Valentine, a wanderer who knows nothing except his name, finds himself on the fringes of a great city, and joins a troupe of jugglers and acrobats; gradually, he remembers that he is the Coronal Valentine, executive ruler of the vast world of Majipoor, and all its peoples, human and otherwise... Valentine's journey is a long one, a tour through a series of magnificent environments. Fields of predatory plants give way to impossibly wide rivers, chalk-cliffed islands and unforgiving deserts. The prose is unrelentingly dreamlike—no accident given that on Majipoor, dreams rule the minds of great and humble alike. Originally serialized in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in four parts: November 1979, December 1979, January 1980 and February 1980.
Set in an Afterworld - where everyone who has ever lived reawakens when they die to live again and die again, seemingly for ever - this novel tells of the warrior-king Gilgamesh's journey in search of a gateway to the land of the living. Based on the author's novella "Gilgamesh in the Outback".
Unfamiliar Territory
- 208pagine
- 8 ore di lettura
This is British paperback edition of this collection of stories, first published by Scribners in 1973. Stories Caught in the Organ Draft (1972); {Now + n, Now - n} (1972); Some Notes on the Pre-Dynastic Epoch (1973); In the Group (1973); Caliban (1971); Many Mansions (1973); Good News from the Vatican (1971); Push No More (1972); The Mutant Season (1973); When We Went to See the End of the World (1972); What We Learned from This Morning's Newspaper (1972); In Entropy's Jaws (1971); The Wind and the Rain (1973).
The narrative offers a unique perspective on the War of the Worlds through the eyes of various celebrity eyewitnesses worldwide. These accounts provide a blend of personal experiences and dramatic interpretations of the Martian invasion, capturing the chaos and fear that ensued. The book combines elements of science fiction with real-world celebrity culture, creating an engaging retelling of H.G. Wells' classic tale while exploring themes of fame, perception, and the human response to extraterrestrial threats.
The Mutant Season
- 264pagine
- 10 ore di lettura
The story revolves around mutants who possess extraordinary powers and have concealed their identities due to fear of persecution. As tensions escalate, the emergence of a mutant in a significant political position offers a glimmer of hope for their community in the twenty-first century, suggesting a potential shift in societal acceptance and the struggle for equality.
Needle in a Timestack
- 180pagine
- 7 ore di lettura
The Shadow of Wings The Iron Chancellor Birds of a Feather Absolutely Inflexible To See the Invisible Man Passport to Sirius The Pain Peddlers There Was an Old Woman... The Sixth Palace His Brother's Weeper


