{"product_id":"sailing-to-byzantium-six-novellas-paperback","title":"Sailing to Byzantium: Six Novellas - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Silverberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of six critically acclaimed novellas by science fiction Grand Master Robert Silverberg--including the Nebula Award-winning \"Sailing to Byzantium\" and \"Born with the Dead\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Silverberg's novellas open the door to new worlds: In \"Born with the Dead,\" a woman wills her body to be \"rekindled\" after death, allowing her to walk among the living, while her husband is left in the impossible position of accepting her death when he can still see her. In the Nebula Award­-nominated story \"Homefaring,\" the time-traveling narrator finds himself trapped in the consciousness of a lobsterlike creature of the far future, leading him to reflect on what it means to be human. And in the collection's Nebula Award­-winning title story, the Earth of the fiftieth century is a place where time is elusive and fluid, and young citizens live as tourists in ancient cities. Together, the stories in \u003ci\u003eSailing to Byzantium \u003c\/i\u003eform an engrossing exploration of the short-novel form by one of science fiction's greatest writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Silverberg is one of science fiction's most beloved writers, and the author of such contemporary classics as \u003ci\u003eDying Inside\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Downward to the Earth, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLord Valentine's Castle\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a past president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and the winner of five Nebula Awards and five Hugo Awards. In 2004 the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America presented him with the Grand Master Award. Silverberg is one of twenty-nine writers to have received that distinction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.25 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759226159392,"sku":"9781480418172","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8b05fc3e83e7f399e85853b1209b9688.webp?v=1780146073","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sailing-to-byzantium-six-novellas-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}