S.F. Masterworks

1 primary work • 3 total works

Downward to the Earth

by Robert Silverberg

Published 4 August 1977

Selected for inclusion in "Science Fiction: 100 Best Novels", this book by Robert Silverberg is an evocation of an alien civilisation more spiritually developed than ours. Other recent novels by this author include "To the Land of the Living" and "The Queen of Springtime", and a major collaboration with Isaac Asimov, "Nightfall", will appear later in 1990. Recent VGSF editions of Silverberg include "Dying Inside"(a VGSF classic) and "The Conglomeroid Cocktail Party".

Dying Inside

by Robert Silverberg

Published 1 January 1972

David Selig was born with an awesome power, the ability to look deep into the human heart and to probe the darkest truths hidden in the recesses of the soul. With reckless abandon, he used this talent in the pursuit of pleasure. Then, one day, his power began to die.

The Book of Skulls

by Robert Silverberg

Published 1 September 1972

Four students discover a manuscript, The Book of Skulls, which reveals the existence of a sect, now living in the Arizona desert, whose members can offer immortality to those who can complete its initiation rite.

To their surprise, they discover that the sect exists, and is willing to accept them as acolytes. But for each group of four who enter the rite, two must die in order for the others to succeed.