Hot Times in Magma City
The Collected Stories Volume 8
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The Collected Stories Volume 8: Hot Times in Magma City (1990 - 1995)
Winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, Robert Silverberg is one of the all time greats of science fiction. A professional writer for more than half a century, his short story output has been prolific and exceptional in quality.
This series of nine volumes will collect all of the short stories and novella-length that SF Grand Master Silverberg wants to take their place on the permanent shelf.
Each volume will be roughly 150,000-200,000 words, with classics and lesser known gems alike. The author has also graced us with a lengthy introduction and extensive story notes for each tale.
Contents:
In the Clone Zone
Hunters in the Forest
A Long Night's Vigil at the Temple
Thebes of the Hundred Gates
It Comes and Goes
Looking for the Fountain
The Way to Spook City
The Red Blaze is the Morning
Death Do Us Part
The Martian Invasion Journals of Henry James
Crossing into the Empire
The Second Shield
Hot Times in Magma City
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SFWA Grand Master Silverberg's extensive retrospective continues with these stories written between July 1990 and March 1995, a period of decreased productivity in his career. Silverberg's usual themes are present: classical history, archaeology, the nature of art, and the artist's role in creation. Time travelers hunt big game in "Hunters in the Forest," explore one ancient city in "Thebes of the Hundred Gates," and borrow another in "Crossing into the Empire." Silverberg pays homage to Tolkien's masterful world-building with "A Long Night's Vigil at the Temple" and to the imagination of H.G. Wells with the wry "The Martian Invasion Journals of Henry James." Immortals search for novelty in "Death Do Us Part," and a clone maker forced to work for a dictator finally finds peace in "In the Clone Zone." Dense with colorful settings, thoughtful characters, and Silverberg's usual painstaking attention to detail, these stories reveal a master of the genre comfortable with what he does best.
