The Best of Robert Silverberg

The Best of Robert Silverberg

Cover of first edition
Author	Robert Silverberg
Cover artist	Alan Magree
Language	English
Series	The Best of ... series
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Pocket Books
Publication date	1976
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	xiv, 258
ISBN	0-671-80282-8
OCLC	2074772
Preceded by	The Best of Barry N. Malzberg
Followed by	The Best of Keith Laumer

The Best of Robert Silverberg is a collection of science fiction short stories by American author Robert Silverberg, edited by Adele Leone Hull. It was first published in paperback by Pocket Books in February 1976 as the second volume in its Best of ... series, and reprinted in September 1980; Baen Books issued a new edition in August 1986. The first American hardcover edition was published by Gregg Press as The Best of Robert Silverberg, Volume I, in June 1978. The first British edition was issued in hardcover by Sidgwick & Jackson in August 1977; and reissued, together with Silverberg's novel Invaders from Earth, in the omnibus hardcover Science Fiction Special (30) in August of the same year. The first British paperback edition was issued by Orbit/Futura in August 1978. The collection has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian.

Summary

The book contains ten short works of fiction, together with an introduction by fellow science fiction writer Barry N. Malzberg and a second, general introduction and introductory notes on the individual stories by the author.

Contents

• "Thinking About Silverberg" (Barry N. Malzberg)
• "Introduction"
• "Road to Nightfall" (1958)
• "Warm Man" (1957)
• "To See the Invisible Man" (1963)
• "The Sixth Palace" (1965)
• "Flies" (1967)
• "Hawksbill Station" (1967)
• "Passengers" (1968)
• "Nightwings" (1968)
• "Sundance" (1969)
• "Good News from the Vatican" (1971)

Awards

The collection placed seventh in the 1977 Locus Poll Award for Best Single Author Collection.

Reception

The book was reviewed by Michael Bishop in Delap's F & SF Review, August 1976, Spider Robinson in Galaxy, October 1976, David Wingrove (1976) in Vector 78, 1976, Philip Stephensen-Payne in Paperback Parlour, October 1978, Russell Letson in Science-Fiction Studies, November 1979, and Alberto Cairo in Las 100 mejores novelas de ciencia ficción del siglo XX, 2001.