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Needle in a Timestack

Robert Silverberg

First published 2021
Publisher Gollancz / Orion
Format Trade Paperback
Type Collection
Cover art Shutterstock
Pages ix+579
Price £10.99
ISBN 9781473229204


Stated 1st printing of this 2021 edition, by number line. Title page:

  • "Needle in a [over] Timestack [over] Robert Silverberg"
  • VG colophon.
Copyright page:
  • "This edition first published in Great Britain in 2021 by Gollancz [over] an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group Ltd [over] Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment [over] London EC4Y 0DZ"
  • "An Hachette UK Company"
  • Number line: "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2"
  • "Stories copyright © Agberg, Ltd 1956, 1958, 1963, 1965, 1970, [over] 1971, 1972, 1973, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1997, 2010, 2019"
  • "Text copyright © Agberg, Ltd 2021"
  • "Introduction copyright © Agberg, Ltd 2019"
  • "ISBN 978 1 473 22920 4"
  • "Printed and bound in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, [over] Elcograf S.p.A."
Back cover:
  • "UK £10.99" (no additional pricing)
  • "Cover image: Shutterstock"
  • "Cover design: Orion Books"
  • "ISBN 978-1-473-22920-4". No EAN.
Spine:
  • "SF Masterworks", "Needle in a Timestack" in black; "Robert Silverberg" in green, all on graduated yellow-to-white ground.
Full publication date from Amazon UK and publisher's site as of 2020-04-17, verified at Amazon UK and Waterstones as of 2021-04-28. Introduction is signed "Robert Silverberg [over] January, 2019" on page ix. The page 235 story is titled "The Road to Nightfall" above the work, but as "Road to Nightfall" in the Contents. The page 319 story is titled "(Now+N, Now-N)" above the work, but as "(Now + N, Now - N)" in the Contents. Before the start of each story there in an untitled, introductory Silverberg essay. The last story finishes on page 578, followed by an author bio on the last numbered page, 579. Semi-gloss cover.

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Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Needle in a Timestack (Introduction) Robert Silverberg Essay
2 Needle in a Timestack Robert Silverberg Short Story
51 The Sixth Palace (Introduction) Robert Silverberg Essay
52 The Sixth Palace Robert Silverberg Short Story
109 Absolutely Inflexible (Introduction) Robert Silverberg Essay
110 Absolutely Inflexible Robert Silverberg Short Story
123 This Is the Road (Introduction) Robert Silverberg Essay
124 This Is the Road Robert Silverberg Novella
233 The Road to Nightfall (Introduction) Robert Silverberg Essay
235 The Road to Nightfall Robert Silverberg Novelette
263 Multiples (Introduction) Robert Silverberg Essay
264 Multiples Robert Silverberg Short Story
287 Many Mansions (Introduction) Robert Silverberg Essay
288 Many Mansions Robert Silverberg Novelette
341 Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another (Introduction) Robert Silverberg Essay
343 Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another Robert Silverberg Novelette
389 The Reality Trip (Introduction) Robert Silverberg Essay
390 The Reality Trip Robert Silverberg Novelette
411 Chip Runner (Introduction) Robert Silverberg Essay
412 Chip Runner Robert Silverberg Short Story
429 Call Me Titan (Introduction) Robert Silverberg Essay
430 Call Me Titan Robert Silverberg Novelette
455 Defenders of the Frontier (Introduction) Robert Silverberg Essay
456 Defenders of the Frontier Robert Silverberg Novelette
505 The Secret Sharer (Introduction) Robert Silverberg Essay
507 The Secret Sharer Robert Silverberg Novella
189|189.1 The Pope of the Chimps (Introduction) Robert Silverberg Essay
189|189.2 The Pope of the Chimps Robert Silverberg Novelette
213|213.1 The Dead Man's Eyes (Introduction) Robert Silverberg Essay
213|213.2 The Dead Man's Eyes Robert Silverberg Short Story
23|23.1 There Was an Old Woman (Introduction) Robert Silverberg Essay
23|23.2 There Was an Old Woman Robert Silverberg Short Story
319|319.1 (Now+N, Now-N) (Introduction) Robert Silverberg Essay
319|319.2 (Now+N, Now-N) Robert Silverberg Novelette
39|39.1 The Pain Peddlers (Introduction) Robert Silverberg Essay
39|39.2 The Pain Peddlers Robert Silverberg Short Story
489|489.1 Ishmael in Love (Introduction) Robert Silverberg Essay
489|489.2 Ishmael in Love Robert Silverberg Short Story
65|65.1 In Entropy's Jaws (Introduction) Robert Silverberg Essay
65|65.2 In Entropy's Jaws Robert Silverberg Novelette
vii Introduction (Needle in a Timestack) Robert Silverberg Essay

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