Downward to the Earth
β Scribed by Silverberg, Robert
- Book ID
- 106975528
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Year
- 1968
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 128 KB
- Series
- Masterworks of Science Fiction 56
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780451044976
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Review
...An intelligent New Wave classic from the mid-1970s which blends mysticism, world-building and literary references in an inventive mix... ...This is perhaps SF's finest tribute to Joseph Conrad, both in its keen moral sense and its portrayal of a vividly realised alien forest... -- Roz Kaveney TIME OUT
About the Author
Robert Silverberg was born in 1935 and began to write while studying for his BA at Columbia University. He is one of the most prolific of all sf writers and among his many fine novels are Dying Inside, Downward To Earth, The World Inside and Shadrach in the Furnace.
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### Review ...An intelligent New Wave classic from the mid-1970s which blends mysticism, world-building and literary references in an inventive mix... ...This is perhaps SF's finest tribute to Joseph Conrad, both in its keen moral sense and its portrayal of a vividly realised alien forest... -- Roz