Robert Silverberg

Writer
Forreaders of classic science fiction, fans of coming-of-age sf, and those interested in colonial/social themes in speculative fiction.
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The Profile

Robert Silverberg (born 1935 in New York) is an American author, prolific in science fiction since the 1950s and also active in fantasy and non-fiction.

Winner of multiple major science fiction awards, including Hugo and Nebula Awards.

The review situates Robert Silverberg (born New York, 1935) as a prolific, decisive figure in science fiction since the 1950s. The Longest Way Home is read as a coming-of-age SF adventure addressing colonization and social issues. The prose is praised and the book is described as a gripping, one-sitting read. The reviewer notes a bittersweet limitation in the ending that leaves lingering questions about the protagonist's future.

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❝ Robert Silverberg, born in New York in 1935, is another one of those authors whose contribution to the cause of the science fiction genre, since the fifties, has been somehow decisive not only for the quality of his works but also for the quantity.

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