Sailing to Byzantium, Robert Silverberg
Sailing to Byzantium, Robert Silverberg
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Sailing to Byzantium

Author: Robert Silverberg

Narrator: Grover Gardner

Unabridged: 2 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/2000

Synopsis

In his illustrious forty-five-year career as a novelist and author of short fiction, Robert Silverberg has belonged in the company of the best writers of the twentieth century. In this extraordinary Nebula Award–winning story, Silverberg builds on a literary allusion from Yeats to create a complex science fiction scenario of worlds lost and dreams fulfilled.It is the fiftieth century on Earth, and ancient historical cities such as Byzantine Constantinople can now be created on a whim for visiting tourists. Charles Philip, a man from the twentieth century struggling to find his way home, finds himself fascinated with this strange new world. But beneath the surface fantasies, things are not as they seem.

About Robert Silverberg

Robert Silverberg’s first published story appeared in 1954 when he was a sophomore at Columbia University. Since then, he has won multiple Nebula, Hugo, and Locus awards. He has been nominated for both awards more times than any other writer. In 1999 he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, and in 2004 the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America gave him their Grand Master Award for career achievement. He remains one of the most imaginative and versatile writers in science fiction.

About Grover Gardner

Grover Gardner is an award-winning narrator with over a thousand titles to his credit. Named one of the “Best Voices of the Century” and a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, he has won three prestigious Audie Awards, was chosen Narrator of the Year for 2005 by Publishers Weekly, and has earned more than thirty Earphones Awards.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on October 01, 2020

Robert Silverberg is another prolific sci-fi author that I didn't know about until I read one of his short stories in an anthology. Again, I wonder what I have been missing all these years. Eager to read more of Silverberg's works, I bought Sailing to Byzantium, which includes six of his novellas. A......more

Goodreads review by Nikola on November 13, 2021

Ima nesto kod ovog Roberta Silverberga, nesto tako jednostavno a tako zarazno. Pise sa tolikom lakocom!......more

Goodreads review by Samuel on January 20, 2021

In Sailing to Byzantium, winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 1986, Silverberg weaves a poetic and gripping tale about a man from 1984 called Phillips who mysteriously finds himself in the 50th century. The people in this future epoch (called citizens) do not age and amuse themselves by re......more

Goodreads review by Gilbert on January 04, 2022

This is a classic Silverberg novella which I have been planning to read for a very long time. It’s a sad but beautiful story of a man from 1984 who has been pulled into the world of the fiftieth century—a strange place where people spend their lives sightseeing recreated wonderous cities of the past......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on June 25, 2018

The title novella, Sailing to Byzantium, is PKD like, question your reality, in concept. Wrapped in a neat little wonder inspiring, beautifully crafted tale by Silverberg. Lovely through and through!......more

Quotes

 “A beautifully worded novella from a highly respected author is made even more enjoyable by the reading of Grover Gardner. His precise, cultured voice adds to the wonder felt by the protagonist, and his calmly assured tones give the listener a feeling of comfort.” AudioFile

“This fascinating futuristic novel, about a man traversing a fiftieth-century landscape to try to get himself home, is inspired by a poem of the same name by W. B. Yeats, which traces a spiritual journey and explores the concept of immortality.” Entertainment Weekly

“He remains one of the most imaginative and versatile writers ever to have been involved with sf. His productivity has seemed almost superhuman, and his abrupt metamorphosis...into a prose artist was an accomplishment unparalleled within the field” 
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Awards

  • Nebula Award
  • Entertainment Weekly “Must Read”
  • Hugo Award
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