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Downward To The Earth (S.F. Masterworks)

Downward To The Earth (S.F. Masterworks)

by RobertSilverberg (Author)

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    Paperback 2004

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Synopsis

One man must make a journey across a once colonised alien planet. Abandoned by man when it was discovered that the species there were actually sentient, the planet is now a place of mystery. A mystery that obsesses the lone traveller Gundersen and takes him on a long trek to attempt to share the religious rebirthing of the aliens. A journey that offers redemption from guilt and sin. This is one of Silverbergs most intense novels and draws heavily on Conrad's Heart of Darkness. It puts the reader at the heart of the experience and forces them to ask what they would do in the circumstances.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 352
 Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 12 Feb 2004
ISBN 10: 0575075236
ISBN 13: 9780575075238
Book Overview: A key work by a key author One of the Masterworks series - over 350,000 in print Multiple award-winning author Out of print since 1984 Robert Silverberg has been nominated for, and has won, more awards for his fiction than any other writer in the genre 'Silverberg is one of SF's eminencies' Brian W. Aldiss 'Where Silverberg goes today, science fiction will follow tomorrow' - Isaac Asimov 'Probably the most intelligent science fiction writer in America' - Ursula Le Guin

Media Reviews
...An intelligent New Wave classic from the mid-1970s which blends mysticism, world-building and literary references in an inventive mix... ...This is perhaps SF's finest tribute to Joseph Conrad, both in its keen moral sense and its portrayal of a vividly realised alien forest... -- Roz Kaveney TIME OUT
Author Bio
Robert Silverberg was born in 1935 and began to write while studying for his BA at Columbia University. He is one of the most prolific of all sf writers and among his many fine novels are Dying Inside, Downward To Earth, The World Inside and Shadrach in the Furnace.