Majipoor Chronicles is a collection of ten stories (five short stories, three novelettes and two novellas) by Robert Silverberg, published in 1982. The stories are all part of the Majipoor series.
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Cover art by Loretta Trezzo
Plot summary
editThe stories involving a young man reviewing memory records of other people, as a framing device.[1]
Contents
edit- "Prologue"
- Stories:
- "Thesme and the Ghayrog" (1982), novelette
- "The Time of the Burning" (1982), short story
- "In the Fifth Year of the Voyage" (1981), novelette
- "Calintane Explains" (1982), short story
- "The Desert of Stolen Dreams" (1981), novella
- "The Soul Painter and the Shapeshifter" (1981), novelette
- "Crime and Punishment" (1982), short story
- "Among the Dream-Speakers" (1982), short story
- "A Thief in Ni-Moya" (1981), novella
- "Voriax and Valentine" (1982), short story
- "Epilogue"
Reception
editDave Langford reviewed Majipoor Chronicles for White Dwarf #48, and stated that "Pleasant and highly competent, they never quite engage the emotions they should."[1]
Reviews
edit- Review by Jeff Frane (1982) in Locus, #254 March 1982
- Review by Baird Searles (1982) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1982
- Review by Ian Watson (1982) in Foundation, #26 October 1982
- Review by Nigel Richardson (1983) in Vector 114
- Review by Chris Amies (1992) in Vector 166
References
edit- ^ a b Langford, Dave (December 1983). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf. No. 48. Games Workshop. p. 12.
External links
edit- Majipoor Chronicles title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database