Majipoor Chronicles

Name: Majipoor Chronicles
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Robert Silverberg
ISBN: 9781433250781

Author: Robert Silverberg

Narrator: a full cast

Unabridged: 12 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 07/23/2008

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

The bestselling fantasy saga that began with Lord Valentine's Castle continues in Majipoor Chronicles, as the young street urchin Hissune gets his due for helping Lord Valentine regain his throne. As a reward, he is sent into the depths of the Labyrinth, a massive library of memory cubes in which the entire history of Majipoor is preserved. As Hissune prepares for a summons to return to Castle Mount, he relives the lives of Majipoor's most famous and notorious inhabitants, learning more about the people and his new land than anyone else in the kingdom. As he becomes one with its many peoplesdukes and generals, thieves and murderers, Ghayrogs and Metamorphshe discovers wonder, terror, longing, and love and learns wisdom that will shape his destiny.

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 mark on January 03, 2019

Majipoor Chronicles is a collection of stories experienced by young Hissune from age 14 to 18. "Experienced" in that they are not really stories being told to him; he lives in these stories via their various protagonists' minds and memories. Science fiction! The book is an excellent encapsulation of......more

Goodreads review by Велислав on February 18, 2025

„Но сега той не търси развлеченията и удоволствието от забранения плод, а иска да разбере еволюцията на политическите институции на планетата.“ „Маджипурски хроники“ представлява майсторски поднесена съвкупност от фрагменти от различни исторически епохи на тази планета! Книгата определено дава по-зад......more

Goodreads review by L.S. on June 01, 2021

This was unexpected. After reading Lord Valentine's Castle, which I was a big fan of, I bought the rest of the series and jumped into this book, the second volume. It is a collection of unconnected stories, with a flimsy framing device, set on Majipoor, exploring locales, eccentric inhabitants, race......more

Goodreads review by Kat on April 08, 2011

3.5 stars ORIGINALLY POSTED AT Fantasy Literature. In the first novel of the Majipoor series, Lord Valentine’s Castle, Valentine was aided in the labyrinth by Hissune, a clever and hard-working young street urchin. When Valentine was restored to his position as coronal, he elevated Hissune to a govern......more