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Author
Index
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Robert
Silverberg |
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Title
Index
L |
Lord
Valentine's Castle |
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| Year |
1979/80 |
| Publisher |
Pan
(Victor Gollancz) |
| ISBN |
0330264621 |
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Synopsis
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'In
an archaic, feudal
empire ...
Valentine, an
itinerant juggler,
discovers through
dreams and
portents that he
is his namesake
Lord Valentine,
the Coronal or
King - his body
and throne stolen
by a usurper.
'He sets out to
win his throne
back ... Valentine
and his companions
trek across the
forests and plains
of Zimroel, by
fishing boat
across the sea ...
to Alhanroel with
its Labyrinth and
then to the
heights of power
at Castle Mount. |
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Review
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'Robert
Silverberg's
invention is
prodigious ... a
near-encyclopedia
of unnatural
wonders and weird
ecosystems.
Silverberg, like a
competent juggler,
maintains his
rhythm and his
suspense to the
end'
Times Literary
Supplement
'A magnificent
behemoth of a
fantasy ... with
all the narrative
skills and
imaginative
brilliance that
have made Robert
Silverberg's
science fiction so
exceptional'
Tribune |
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Credit:
NASA
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White
Hawaii
Two
spots of
snow cover
the peaks
of Mauna
Loa and
Mauna Kea
on the
main
island of
Hawaii in
this
true-color
image from
the
Moderate
Resolution
Imaging
Spectrometer
(MODIS) on
NASA's
Aqua
spacecraft.
This
island is
formed
from three
of the
most
active
volcanoes
in the
world, the
third
being
Mount
Kilauea,
which is
on the
southeastern
shore and
is
outlined
in red. Of
the three,
Mt.
Kilauea is
the most
active,
having
started
its most
recent
erupting
in 1983,
and not
stopping
since. |
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NASA
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