Book description
Hour by hour, the computers produce the names of those to die. Simple.
Neat. Ruthless. In a world where human feelings seem frozen, one spirit
flares with defiance and hope . . . while two powerful brothers fight
their old blood feud to a brutal climax. And hurtling through space . .
. a lost explorer desperately tries to reach earth with word of a new
paradise for man beyond the stars . . . (First published 1957) Robert
Silverberg (1935 - ) Robert Silverberg was born in Brooklyn, New York,
in 1935, and is one of the most prolific authors of all time, writing
not just SF & Fantasy, but extensive non-fiction and a large number
of pseudonymously published erotica novels. In his first years as a
professional writer, his output regularly exceeded a million words per
year. He has won and been nominated for the Hugo and Nebula awards
dozens of times as both writer and editor, and in 2004 received the SFWA
Grand Master Award. Among his many acclaimed and bestselling novels are
A Time of Changes, The Book of Skulls, Dying Inside and Lord Valentine's
Castle. Robert Silverberg lives on the West Coast of the United States
with his wife, author, editor and art critic, Karen Haber.
