Lord Valentine's Castle

Name: Lord Valentine's Castle
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Robert Silverberg
ISBN: 9781433250668

Author: Robert Silverberg

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki

Unabridged: 19 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 06/26/2008

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

The planet Majipoor is shared by humans and several alien races, including fourarmed Skandars, threeeyed Liiman, and the native, shapeshifting Metamorphs. All are watched over by the King of Dreams, the labyrinthdwelling Pontifex, and the priestess of the Isle of Sleep, while the Coronal officially rules from atop Castle Mount. The Majipoor Cycle begins as young Valentine, a man with no memory, is hired as an apprentice juggler by a group of eccentric performers. While the traveling troupe takes to the road, Valentines sleep is disturbed by nightmare visions of warring brothers and difficulties on faraway Castle Mount. In a quest to discover who Valentine really is, his wise and peculiar companions resolve to help him claim the rewards of his birth. But another trial awaits Valentine that will test his belief, resolve, and strength of character.

About Robert Silverberg

Robert Silverberg is one of science fiction's most beloved writers, and the author of such contemporary classics as Dying Inside, Downward to the Earth, and Lord Valentine's Castle. He is a past president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and the winner of five Nebula Awards and five Hugo Awards. In 2004 the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America presented him with the Grand Master Award. Silverberg is one of twenty-nine writers to have received that distinction.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Apatt on May 02, 2016

Robert Silverberg is one of the greats of sci-fi literature, he is, to my mind, criminally underrated today, several Hugo and Nebula wins notwithstanding. I always start my Silverberg reviews along this line. If you have read any of those, this kind of intro must be getting old. So enough of that th......more

Goodreads review by mark on January 14, 2016

Valentine finds himself outside the city of Pidruid one afternoon, completely bereft of memory, as the city makes ready for the arrival of Lord Valentine - one of the four great Powers of the mega-world of Majipoor. what's a man to do in such a situation? why, join a traveling band of jugglers, of c......more

Goodreads review by Mike (the Paladin) on April 04, 2018

I read this years ago, maybe the year it was published (1980). The thing is I didn't recall much about the book...at all. I was in a period of upheaval about then (not an unusual situation in my past as it happens) so I sort of "lost" the book I suppose. So, that said I have been meaning for some tim......more

Goodreads review by L.S. on June 20, 2020

A grand and imaginative adventure on an alien planet. Our prototypical hero has been transplanted from his rightful throne, and he must rise from rags to power through the sheer will contained in his magical dream-enhancing powers and his innate juggling ability. He will gather a band of weird follo......more

Goodreads review by David on November 24, 2021

This review is for all three primary books in the Lord Valentine series. Reading the Valentine trilogy was a trip down nostalgia lane. I read the series in early high school and remembered it being one of my favorites. And honestly, i wasn’t disappointed. Book one, Lord Valentine’s Castle is easily t......more