Six science fiction novellas by the author hailed as "a master" by
Robert Jordan--including two Nebula Award winners and two finalists.
Robert Silverberg's novellas open the door to new worlds: In "Born with
the Dead," a woman wills her body to be "rekindled" after death,
allowing her to walk among the living, while her husband is left in the
impossible position of accepting her death when he can still see her. In
the Nebula Award-nominated story "Homefaring," the time-traveling
narrator finds himself trapped in the consciousness of a lobsterlike
creature of the far future, leading him to reflect on what it means to
be human. And in the collection's Nebula Award-winning title story, the
Earth of the fiftieth century is a place where time is elusive and
fluid, and young citizens live as tourists in ancient cities. "When
Silverberg is at the top of his form, no one is better," says George R.
R. Martin. Also including Nebula Award finalist "The Secret Sharer," as
well as "Thomas the Proclaimer" and "We Are for the Dark," this
collection offers an engrossing exploration of the work of this Grand
Master, hailed by the New York Times Book Review as "the John Updike
of science fiction."