Back in 2006, Subterranean Press (one of my favorite small press publishers) brought out In the Beginning: Tales From the Pulp Era by Science Fiction writer Robert Silverberg. Silverberg wrote a ton of SF back in the 1950s and Subterranean decided to collect some of it. Now, Subterranean Press has just published a companion volume, Early Days, with more stories from Robert Silverberg’s early writings. Granted, Silverberg developed into a marvelous writer in the next decade. But these stories from the 1950s show his talent and his affection for the genre. I enjoyed this nostalgic trip back to my younger days when I first read these stories with delight!
TALBE OF CONTENTS:
Introduction
The Inquisitor
The Ultimate Weapon
Harwood’s Vortex
Quick Freeze
Six Frightened Men
Puppets Without Strings
A Time For Revenge
Housemaid No. 103
Rescue Mission
Planet of Parasites
Slaves of the Tree
Frontier Planet
The Aliens Were Haters
The Traders
Waters of Forgetfulness
You Do Something to Me
There’s No Place Like Space!
The Good Old Stuff!
Bill, you’re right about that! Subterranean Books has done a great job bringing this Silverberg stories from the 1950s back into print!
Great minds think alike! I’m more than halfway through this now (doling out one a day) and enjoying them very much. As usual, Silverberg’s introductions are a history lesson and almost worth the cost of the book itself. (I have the Kindle edition.)
Jeff, Robert Silverberg’s introductions are priceless! His insights into the publishing industry decades ago bring those times alive!
Cover art by?
I’ll read anything by Silverberg, George. (And I think I have.)
Jerry, like you I’ve read dozens of Silverberg books. Great stuff!
Rick, I looked it up. It is by Bob Eggleton.
Jeff, thanks for the assist!
That was my guess, but I couldn’t spell eggleton properly so went with ? Instead. Thanks Jeff.
Yes, those early stories by “Bob” were really interesting (his later work too of course) – and now for a little bragging. These are the books by Bob that I own (code1 means novel, 3 is a collection of stories):
1A TIME OF CHANGES = ZEIT DER WANDLUNGEN
1ACROSS A BILLION YEARS (JUVENILE)
1AT WINTER’S END
1THE BOOK OF SKULLS = BRUEDERSCHAFT DER UNSTERBLICHEN
1COLLISION COURSE = SCHIEDSGERICHT DER STERNE
1CONQUERORS FROM THE DARKNESS (JUVENILE)
1THE DAWNING LIGHT * RANDALL GARRETT = NIDOR ERWACHT
1DOWNWARD TO THE EARTH = DIE MYSTERIEN VON BELZAGOR
1DYING INSIDE = ES STIRBT IN MIR
1THE FACE OF THE WATERS
1GATE OF WORLDS (JUVENILE)
1GILGAMESH THE KING (FANTASY)
1HAWKSBILL STATION = THE ANVIL OF TIME = VERBANNTE DER EWIGKEIT
1HOT SKY AT MIDNIGHT
1INVADERS FROM EARTH = WE THE MARAUDERS = GRIFF NACH DEM GANYMED
1KINGDOMS OF THE WALL
1LEST WE FORGET THEE, EARTH (AS K C KNOX)
1LORD OF DARKNESS (HISTORICAL NOVEL)
1LORD VALENTINES CASTLE = KRIEG DER TRAEUME
1LOST RACE OF MARS (JUVENILE)
1THE LONGEST WAY HOME
1THE MAN IN THE MAZE = EXIL IM KOSMOS = DER MANN IM LABYRINTH
1THE MASKS OF TIME = VORNAN 19 = GAST AUS DER ZUKUNFT
1MASTER OF LIFE AND DEATH = MACHT UEBER LEBEN UND TOD
1THE MUTANT SEASON * KAREN HABER
1NEEDLE IN A TIMESTACK
1NIGHTWINGS = SCHWINGEN DER NACHT
1ONE OF OUR ASTEROIDS IS MISSING (AS CALVIN M KNOX)
1THE PLOT AGAINST EARTH (AS C.KNOX) = DIE VERSCHWOERUNG GEGEN DIE ERDE
1PROJECT PENDULUM (JUVENILE)
1THE QUEEN OF SPRINGTIME (WINTER’S END 2) = THE NEW SPRINGTIME
1RECALLED TO LIFE = DIE WIEDERERWECKER
1REGAN’S PLANET = REGANS SATELLIT
1THE SECOND TRIP = DER ZWEITE TRIP
1THE SEED OF EARTH = DIE KOLONISTEN TERRAS
1SHADRACH IN THE FURNACE = SCHADRACH IM FEUEROFEN
1THE SHROUDED PLANET * RANDALL GARRETT = DER VERBORGENE PLANET
1THE SILENT INVADERS
1SON OF MAN
1STARMAN’S QUEST = DIE STERNE RUECKEN NAEHER (JUVENILE)
1STEPSONS OF TERRA
1THE STOCHASTIC MAN = DER SEHER
1THORNS = DER GESANG DER NEURONEN
1THOSE WHO WATCH = BEOBACHTER AUS DEM ALL = UFOS UEBER DER ERDE
1THE TIME HOPPERS = FLUCHT AUS DER ZUKUNFT
1THE TIME OF THE GREAT FREEZE (JUVENILE)
1TO LIVE AGAIN = DIE SEELENBANK = NOCH EINMAL LEBEN
1TO OPEN THE SKY = DAS HEILIGE ATOM = OEFFNET DEN HIMMEL
1TO THE LAND OF THE LIVING (FANTASY)
1TOM O’BEDLAM
1TOWER OF GLASS = KINDER DER RETORTE
1UP THE LINE = ZEITPATROUILLE
1VALENTINE PONTIFEX
1THE WORLD INSIDE = EIN GLUECKLICHER TAG IM JAHRE 2381
1WORLD’S FAIR, 1992 (EXPANDED FROM : REGAN’S PLANET)
1STARBORNE
1THE ALIEN YEARS
3THE BEST OF ROBERT SILVERBERG
3BEYOND THE SAFE ZONE
3BORN WITH THE DEAD = MIT DEN TOTEN GEBOREN
3CAPRICORN GAMES = STEINBOCK-SPIELE
3THE CONGLOMEROID COCKTAIL PARTY
3THE CUBE ROOT OF UNCERTAINTY = IM SCHATTEN DUNKLER FLUEGEL
3EARTH’S OTHER SHADOW = DER ERDE ANDERER SCHATTEN
3THE FEAST OF ST DIONYSUS
3GODLING, GO HOME!
3THE MAJIPOOR CHRONICLES = DIE MAJIPOOR – CHRONIKEN
3NEUTRAL PLANET = DER NEUTRALE PLANET
3NEXT STOP, THE STARS = DER HELD DES UNIVERSUMS
3THE SHORES OF TOMORROW = UFER VON MORGEN
3THE SONGS OF SUMMER
3SUNDANCE
3UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY = JETZT : PLUS MINUS
3VALLEY BEYOND TIME
3WORLD OF A THOUSAND COLORS
3DIMENSION THIRTEEN
Nice list!
I’ve read mostly short stories and a few of the novels, though I have several more.
Wow!
Wolf, I’m impressed!!!
Thank you, George!
That was my intent … 🙂