Needle in a Timestack [Revised Edition]
by Robert Silverberg
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Needle in a Timestack is Robert Silverberg at his very best—intelligent, inventive, and visionary. This collection showcases his talent for thought-provoking science fiction, ranging in themes from time travel to space travel, the media to mortality. In the titular story—under development as a feature film by Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley—a jealous ex-husband warps time in a vindictive attempt to destroy his former wife's new marriage. Thirty-one identical sons have a shocking show more surprise for their mother in "There Was an Old Woman." The prophetic "The Pain Peddlers" depicts reality TV in a way that allows viewers to revel in a voyeuristic, adrenaline-fueled rush. Also included are Silverberg's Hugo Award–winning "Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another," and the Locus Award winner "The Secret Sharer," a Joseph Conrad–inspired tale of a ship captain drawn into a strange alliance with a stowaway. show lessTags
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The Pain Peddlers" (1963)
"Passport to Sirius" (1958)
"Birds of a Feather" (1958)
"There Was an Old Woman" (1958)
"The Shadow of Wings" (1963)
"Absolutely Inflexible" (1966)
"His Brother's Weeper" (1959)
"The Sixth Palace" (1955)
"To See the Invisible Man" (1963)
"The Iron Chancellor" (1958)
"Passport to Sirius" (1958)
"Birds of a Feather" (1958)
"There Was an Old Woman" (1958)
"The Shadow of Wings" (1963)
"Absolutely Inflexible" (1966)
"His Brother's Weeper" (1959)
"The Sixth Palace" (1955)
"To See the Invisible Man" (1963)
"The Iron Chancellor" (1958)
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Passport to Sirius
There was on Old Woman
Absolutely Inflexible
The Sixth Palace
To See the Invisible Man
Passport to Sirius
There was on Old Woman
Absolutely Inflexible
The Sixth Palace
To See the Invisible Man
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- Canonical title
- Needle in a Timestack [Revised Edition]
- Original publication date
- 1979 (collection) (collection); 1956 (Absolutely Inflexible) (Absolutely Inflexible); 1970 (Black is Beautiful) (Black is Beautiful); 1959 (His Brother's Weeper) (His Brother's Weeper); 1958 (The Iron Chancellor) (The Iron Chancellor); 1970 (The Reality Trip) (The Reality Trip) (show all 10); 1970 (Ringing the Changes) (Ringing the Changes); 1963 (The Shadow of Wings) (The Shadow of Wings); 1957 (The Shrines of Earth) (The Shrines of Earth); 1959 (Translation Error) (Translation Error)
- First words
- The Carmichaels were a pretty plump family, to begin with.
- Quotations
- So what we have here is NEEDLE IN A TIMESTACK, but not quite the same book that was published under that title a decade or more ago. About half the original stories have been retained, ... [the rest] ... have been replaced ..... (show all). It is a ploy calculated to drive bibliographers insane ...
(Preface to the second edition) - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Shoulder to shoulder, the Martlett brothers stood their ground and waited resignedly for the enemy to storm the battlements.
- Disambiguation notice
- Robert Silverberg has at least three different collections titled "Needle in a Timestack" with significantly different sets of stories. This is the revised edition originally published in 1979. Some entries are unclear beca... (show all)use they lack ISBN or other identifying information. If your copy is included in the wrong work please change it to the correct one.
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