Robert Silverberg
(1935 - )
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.
Drug Themes in Science Fiction
Read by Ben Tucker
Running Time:01:29:51 in 1 MP3 Audio CD
Science fiction is more often a reflection of existing societal trends than a prediction of trends to come. The upsurge in drug use is precisely mirrored by the upsurge in the use of such themes in science fiction. Science fiction is as much a guide to where we are as it is a vision of where we are going. A literature so popular with the young, commanding so intense and devoted a following, can be of significant value in revealing the patterns contemporary society is taking and will take in the years just ahead.
The Happy Unfortunate
Read by Phil Chenevert
Running Time:1:28:55 in 1 MP3 Audio CD
Here are two early stories by the well-known SF Author Robert Silverberg.
The Happy Unfortunate was published first in Amazing Stories in 1957 and explores the angst caused when the human race reaches into space but at the cost of needing to breed a new species; specialized 'spacers' who can withstand the tremendous rigors of acceleration.
The Hunted Heroes was published in Amazing stories a year earlier, in 1956. It is a futuristic story that holds great hope for the resilience of the human race after the war destroys most of the world.
The Judas Valley
Robert Silverberg and Randall Garrett
Read by Phil Chenevert
Running Time:1:17:57 in 1 MP3 Audio CD
Why did everybody step off the ship in this strange valley and promptly drop dead? How could a well-equipped corps of tough spacemen become a field of rotting skeletons in this quiet world of peace and contentment? It was a mystery Peter and Sherri had to solve. If they could live long enough! [from the Judas Valley] Originally published in Amazing Stories October 1956.
Master of Life and Death
Read by Dale Grothmann
Running Time:05:18:46 in 1 MP3 Audio CD
When Roy Walton becomes the new director of the UN division of population control, after the director is assassinated, he becomes the most hated man in the world. Being Director involved him in not only population control, but a terra-forming project on Venus, and negotiations with aliens. Not only that, but some people were trying to kill him. To stay alive, he had to become The Master of Life and Death.
Recalled to Life
Read by Mark Nelson
Running Time:05:09:18 in 1 MP3 Audio CD
It was the greatest scientific breakthrough of all time: reanimation after death. The trouble was, it created more problems than it solved.
Starman's Quest
Read by Dawn Larsen
Running Time:5:16:54 in 1 MP3 Audio CD
Travelling at speeds close to that of light, spacemen lived at an accelerated pace. When one of the twin boys left the starship, he grew older while his twin in space barely aged. So, the starship twin left the ship to find what happened to his brother who was aging away on earth.
Short Science Fiction Collection in 1 MP3 Audio CD
This collection consists of 14 sci-fi short stories.
The Inquisitor
Read by Edmund Bloxam
Running Time:00:13:46
Birds of a Feather
Read by Dale Grothmann
Running Time:00:52:18
Bleekman's Planet
Read by Paul Hampton
Running Time:00:25:47
Come Into My Brain!
Read by Colleen McMahon
Running Time:00:15:23
Harwood's Vortex
Read by Greg Weeks
Running Time:00:27:26
Homecoming Horde
Read by Dale Grothmann
Running Time:00:13:20
House Operator
Read by Paul Hampton
Running Time:00:19:01
Lair of the Dragonbird
Read by Colleen McMahon
Running Time:00:22:33
Never Trust A Thief!
Read by Dale Grothmann
Running Time:00:15:19
Postmark Ganymede
Read by Tabithat
Running Time:00:17:20
Reality Unlimited
Read by Dale Grothmann
Running Time:00:22:01
Six Frightened Men
Read by Yoganandh T
Running Time:00:25:46
The Incomplete Theft
Read by Dale Grothmann
Running Time:00:11:39
Voyage to Procyon
Read by Dale Grothmann
Running Time:00:24:20