Musings and Meditations by Robert Silverberg (NonStop Press, January 2011, 978-1-933065-20-5, $18.95, 344pp, tp, co)
Collection of 77 of Silverberg’s articles, mainly from his “Reflections” column. Subtitled “Reflections on Science-Fiction, Science and Other Matters”.
- 6 · Reflections of an Opinion-Monger · Robert Silverberg · fw
- 13 · One: Science Fiction in General
- 14 · The Great Tradition · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction December 1999
- 18 · The Final Voyage of Odysseus · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2002
- 22 · Beaming It Down · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2008
- 26 · Glimpses of the Future · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction March 1997
- 30 · Cause and Effect · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2001
- 34 · Dancing Through the Apocalypse · Robert Silverberg · in The End of the World ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Skyhorse Publishing, 2010
- 38 · Hic Rhodus, Hic Salta · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2009
- 42 · Science Fiction in the Fifties: The Real Golden Age · Robert Silverberg · ar Nebula Awards Showcase 2010 ed. Bill Fawcett, Roc, 2010
- 49 · The Ultimate Alien: Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in The Ultimate Alien ed. Byron Preiss, John Betancourt & Keith R. A. DeCandido, Dell, 1995, as “Introduction”
- 53 · The New Wave: One · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2001
- 57 · The New Wave: Two · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction April 2001
- 61 · Lovecraft as Science Fiction · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2005 [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft]
- 65 · Two: Thoughts on Science and Society
- 66 · The Handprints on the Wall · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction May 1997
- 70 · Heart of Stone · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2003
- 74 · Let’s Hear It for Neanderthal Man · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction January 1999
- 78 · The View Through Slow Glass · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction May 2000 [Ref. Bob Shaw]
- 82 · The Antikythera Computer · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2010
- 86 · The Death of Gallium · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2008
- 90 · All That Is Solid Melts Into Air · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2000
- 94 · Doomsday · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2009
- 98 · Pleistocene Park · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2000
- 102 · Resurrecting the Quagga · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2007
- 106 · To Clone or Not to Clone · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction February 1998
- 110 · Trilobites · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2004
- 114 · The Greatness of Cornelius Drible · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2005 [Ref. Robert Burton]
- 118 · Robert Burton, Anatomist of Melancholy · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2005 [Ref. Robert Burton]
- 122 · Neque Illorum Ad Nos Pervenire Potest · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2004
- 126 · Tracking Down the Ancestors · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2006
- 130 · The Conquest of Space · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2003
- 134 · Mars, Incorporated · Robert Silverberg · ar Galaxy Online 2000
- 139 · Three: Being a Writer
- 140 · Building Worlds: Part I · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2009
- 144 · Building Worlds: Part II · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2009
- 148 · Building Worlds: Part III · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2009
- 152 · Writers’ Tools · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction April 2003
- 156 · How to Write · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2002
- 160 · Toward a Theory of Story: I · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2004
- 164 · Toward a Theory of Story: II · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2004
- 168 · Toward a Theory of Story: III · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2004
- 172 · The Sense of an Ending · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1997
- 176 · Some Thoughts on the Short Story · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2008
- 180 · Showing and Telling: Part I · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2010
- 184 · Showing and Telling: Part II · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2010
- 188 · The Evaporation of Reputations · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2001
- 193 · Four: Colleagues
- 194 · Guest of Honor · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2000
- 198 · The Grand Masters · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2000
- 202 · The Skald of Science Fiction · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2002 [Ref. Poul Anderson]
- 206 · The H.G. Wells · Robert Silverberg · in The War of the Worlds: Fresh Perspectives on the H.G. Wells Classic ed. Glenn Yeffeth, BenBella Books, 2005, as “Introduction”
- 216 · Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore · Robert Silverberg · in Detour to Otherness by Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore, Haffner Press, 2010, as “Kuttner, Moore, and Kuttner & Moore” [Ref. Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore]
- 220 · Cordwainer Smith · Robert Silverberg · in from Norstrilia, ibooks, March 2003 [Ref. Cordwainer Smith]
- 226 · The Days of Perky Vivienne · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2006 [Ref. Philip K. Dick]
- 230 · The Center Does Not Hold · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2001 [Ref. John W. Campbell]
- 234 · William Tenn · Robert Silverberg · in Here Comes Civilization by William Tenn, NESFA, 2001, as “Here Comes Civilization” [Ref. William Tenn]
- 237 · Oh, Avram, Avram, What a Wonder You Were! · Robert Silverberg · fw The Avram Davidson Treasury by Avram Davidson, Tor, 1998
- 242 · Alfred Bester · Robert Silverberg · fw [Ref. Alfred Bester]
originally published in a German translation by Gisela Stege & Irene Bonhorst (“Vorwort”, Der brennende Mann by Alfred Bester, Heyne, 2000).
- 248 · A Logic Named Will · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2008 [Ref. Will F. Jenkins]
- 253 · Five: The Worlds We Live In
- 254 · When There Was No Internet · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2003
- 258 · Dead Souls · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2001
- 262 · The More Things Change… · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1999
- 266 · The Past Is in Front of Us · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction April 2000
- 270 · And You Were Worried About Y2K? · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2000
- 274 · Hobson-Jobson · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2001
- 278 · Plutonium for Breakfast · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2006
- 282 · Saddam Wasn’t the Worst · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2007
- 286 · Decoding Cuneiform · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2007
- 291 · The Quality of Pity Is Not Folded · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2002
- 295 · Greetings from the Past · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2000
- 299 · Six: Something of Myself
- 300 · Fantastic Libraries · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2003
- 304 · Ancestral Voices · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction May 2003
- 308 · Autographs · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 1999
- 312 · E-mail from Cthulhu · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2003
- 316 · The Great Whale Hunt · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction January 1998
- 320 · Making Backups · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2006
- 324 · Problems of Time Travel · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2002
- 328 · Two Worldcons, Worlds Apart · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2005
- 332 · Ghost Stories · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2010
- 337 · Index · [uncredited] · ix
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