Robert Silverberg

American speculative fiction writer and editor · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1935 · age 91

Robert Silverberg is a prolific American science fiction author and editor. He is a multiple winner of both Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and a Grand Master of SF since 2004.

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2013Geffen AwardAward2007“I hate no one, sir. It seems a waste of emotional energy.”In their wordsp. 463Read the whole statement

“Never pass by a chance to shut up.”In their wordsp. 477Read the whole statement

2005“She loaned him books. Worlds were revealed to him: worlds piled on worlds, worlds without end.”In their wordsp. 79Read the whole statement

“Was that, too, destined to thrive awhile and decay and vanish, and be replaced by another, Nortekku wondered? Probably. The earth changes, he thought.”In their wordsp. 80Read the whole statement

2000“Am I loyal, or am I loyal? But I don’t like the way things are going. It’s a citizen’s right to worry about the state of the realm, isn’t it?”In their wordsJuly 2000Book 1 “The Book of the King of Dreams”, Chapter 8 (p. 48)Read the whole statement

“You speak very generally,” Valentine said.“I am an oracle, and oracles are never terribly specific,” she replied lightly.”In their wordsJuly 2000Book 1, Chapter 12 (p. 93)Read the whole statement

Locus Award for Best AnthologyAward1999Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of FameAward1993Locus Award for Best CollectionAward1988Locus Award for Best NovellaAwardPremio GigameshAward1987Hugo Award for Best NovellaAward1982Cosmos 2000 AwardAward1976Locus Award for Best AnthologyAwardPrix Tour-Apollo AwardAward1975Locus Award for Best NovellaAward1972Nebula Award for Best NovelAward1970Nebula Award for Best Short StoryAward1956Hugo AwardAward1935Born15 January 1935

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Silverberg's novelette "Guardian of the Crystal Gate" was the cover story in the August 1956 issue of Fantastic.

Silverberg's short story "Quick Freeze" took the cover of the May 1957 issue of Science Fiction Quarterly.

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Aristocrats might shrug, but commoners, dreading any collapse of the social order, wanted the rules of behavior to be observed.
2007 · p. 443, Own words
Not all lawyers are annoying. Some are dead.
2007 · p. 476, Own words
What matters,” he said earnestly, “is the display of skill, not the manners of the audience.
July 2000 · Book 1, Chapter 10 (p. 71), Own words