Robert Silverberg

Robert Silverberg
Silverberg in 2005
Silverberg in 2005
Born (1935-01-15) January 15, 1935 (age 89)
New York City, U.S.
Pen nameVarious[a][1]
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • short-story writer
  • editor
NationalityAmerican
Alma materColumbia University (BA)
Period1955–present
GenreScience fiction, fantasy, anthologies (as editor)
SubjectGeography, history, nature
Signature
Website
robert-silverberg.com
Silverberg's novelette "Guardian of the Crystal Gate" was the cover story in the August 1956 issue of Fantastic.
Silverberg's short story "Quick Freeze" took the cover of the May 1957 issue of Science Fiction Quarterly.

Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is an American author and editor, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple winner of both Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and a Grand Master of SF.[2][3][4] He has attended every Hugo Award ceremony since the inaugural event in 1953.[5]

Especially noted Silverberg works include the novella Nightwings (1969) and the novels Downward to the Earth (1970), The World Inside (1971), Dying Inside (1972), and Lord Valentine's Castle (1980; the first of the Majipoor series).


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