Tales of Majipoor

Name: Tales of Majipoor
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Robert Silverberg
ISBN: 9781470879655

Author: Robert Silverberg

Series: The Majipoor Cycle

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki

Unabridged: 11 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 05/07/2013

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy

Synopsis

Seven stories of Majipoor from science fiction grand master Robert Silverberg Hailed as one of the most fully realized worlds of modern science fiction (Booklist), Majipoor is a planet unlike any other, with countless untold stories. Now, available for the first time in one volume, Silverberg presents seven tales that chronicle thousands of years of Majipoors history, from the arrival of the settlers of Old Earth to the expansion of vast cities to the extraordinary life of Lord Valentine. Within these stories lie the secrets of Majipoora wondrous world of incredible imagination.

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 Tim

I'd be interested to read reviews of this by people who haven't read ANY of the Majipoor books. I suspect it might be occasionally baffling, but still good. Well, I *have* read most of them, some a very long time ago. And this was a delightful treat. Please don't come in expecting a major contributi......more

Goodreads review by James

Silverberg's Majipoor tales make for a gentle read. There's little in the way of genuine peril - one story revolves around the writing of a poem, and two separate stories have archeological disputes at their centre, and yet Majipoor itself is always an interesting place to visit and Silverberg's wri......more