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Lord Valentine's Castle is a novel by Robert Silverberg published in 1980.
Lord Valentine's Castle is a novel by Robert Silverberg published in 1980.
Lord Valentine's Castle is a novel in which Lord Valentine liberates the planet Majipoor from tyrannical rule and helps establish a new legitimate government. [1]
Kirkus Reviews states "In terms of sf underpinnings, Majipoor is an inexcusably flimsy construct; and a large cast of promising characters is left rattling around the lengthy and plodding narrative in such a meagerly developed state as to resembled blighted peas in a pod. Disappointing." [2]
Greg Costikyan reviewed Lord Valentine's Castle in Ares Magazine #4 and commented that "despite the detail, despite the novel's dreamy pace, Silverberg never loses his reader, is never boring. To the contrary, Lord Valentine's Castle is, in the demeaning argot of Madison Avenue, a page-turner." [1]
Lord Valentine's Castle won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 1981, [3] and was a Hugo Award nominee in 1981. [3]
Douglas Cohen for Tor.com said that "The story isn’t a puzzle, challenging readers to figure out whether this tale is science fiction or fantasy. It is science fantasy. It is a successful melding of both genres, as it borrows, tweaks, merges, and in some cases entirely reinvents. Books like Lord Valentine’s Castle seek to take the best of both genres and merge them into a seamless tale. Containing scientific and fantastical elements is both acceptable and expected." [4]
Robert Silverberg 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. He has attended every Hugo Award ceremony since the inaugural event in 1953.
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List of the published work of Robert Silverberg, American science fiction author.
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Songs from the Stars is a novel by Norman Spinrad published in 1980.
Too Long a Sacrifice is a novel by Mildred Downey Broxon published in 1981.
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