World of a Thousand Colors

By Robert Silverberg

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877954178
• ISBN13: 9780877954170
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Arbor House Pub Co
• Length: 329 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.5" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Not perfect, but good collection

This book contains examples of Silverberg's early work, much of it from the '50s and early '60s. As such, many of the stories lack the depth and richness of his later work, but there are some real gems in here, the best being "Neighbor", "Counterpart", "The Fangs of the Trees", and especially the novelette "How It Was When the Past Went Away." Recommended for those wanting some background on Siliverberg's early short work.

The second "The Best of Robert Silverberg" (1982)

Essentially this is the second "The Best of Robert Silverberg" and the funny thing is that there is no story in common with the first. The storie are taken from six collections -"Sunrise on Mercury"; "Parsecs and Parables"; "Dimension Thirteen"; "Sundance"; "Earth's other Shadow" and "Needle in a Timestack"-, and range from about the same period as the earlier 'The Best of', 1957-1971 in this case. The difference with the earlier 'The Best of' is that Silverberg does his own introduction here, and the stories are not seperately introduced. Most stories speak for themselves though, and the overall quality is just as high as with "The Best of Robert Silverberg".