Robert Silverberg is one of the best known science fiction writers in the world today. He has won the prestigious Hugo and Nebula awards, and more of his work has been nominated for awards than that o...
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Robert Silverberg was born in New York City, attended high school in Brooklyn, and graduated with a B.A. in English literature from Columbia University in 1956. During his university years he began pu...
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In the following essay, Letson details the development of modernist themes of anxiety and alienation in Silverberg's fiction since the early sixties, focusing in particular on their treatment i...
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In the following essay, Dunn and Erlich examine Silverberg's characterization of the urbmon community itself in The World Inside, demonstrating its triumph over the human tendencies of the nove...
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In the following essay, Nedelkovich compares and contrasts the literary and scientific aspects of “To the Dark Star” with those of Clarke's “The Star” and Niven�...
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In the following essay, Clareson speculates on various generic distinctions of Lord Valentine's Castle.
Those who have seen the June, 1980, issue of Extrapolation already know how much I wel...
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In the following essay, Dean compares the tragic vision that both degrades and ennobles humanity in The Man in the Maze with that of Sophocle's Philoctetes.
A striking Graeco-Roman sard inta...
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In the following essay, Gordon discusses “In Entropy's Jaws” within the context of twentieth-century time-travel literature. He explicates Silverberg's use of that traditio...
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In the following essay, Alterman analyzes the philosophical implications of and narrative strategies informing the multiple points of view used in Dying Inside.
The power of language is astonishing...
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In the following essay, Edwards provides an overview of Silverberg's life and career.
Robert Silverberg was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 15 January 1935, an only child. He was an introvert...
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In the following essay, Abrash analyzes Silverberg's achievement in The World Inside within the context of utopian literature and thought, but ultimately characterizes the novel as dystopian fi...
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In the following review, Stewart compares Asimov and Silverberg's rewrite of Nightfall with Asimov's original short story of the same name, focusing on the former's flaws and cult...
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In the following excerpt, Easton explicates the plot of Kingdoms of the Wall in terms of literary analogies.
Picture, if you will, the village of Jespodar, set at the foot of a massive mountain, Ko...
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In the following essay, Dudley analyzes the protagonists' quests for the divine in the respective universes of Night of Light and Downward to the Earth, highlighting the contemporary cultural s...
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In the following review, the anonymous critic details the historical intricacies of the medieval title figure of The Realm of Prester John, praising the scope and accessibility of Silverberg's ...
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In the following review, the anonymous critic provides an overview of the thematic highlights of Reflections and Refractions.
Robert Silverberg, prolific author of dozens of novels and an enormous ...
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Robert Silverberg
Robert Silverberg
Critical Essay by Russell Letson
