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The Sixth Palace (Introduction)

Robert Silverberg

First published June 2021
Type Essay
Series Silverberg's Essays: Own Work


Untitled, unsigned introduction to the short story.

Essay starts: "It was a quote from Hebrew mystical literature that touched off this story, which I wrote for Frederik Pohl's Galaxy in February of 1964 and which he published in the February, 1965 issue."

Essay finishes: "They discovered as they went that the Lord God of Israel 'sitteth within seven palaces, one within another. And at the entrance to each palace are eight doorkeepers, four to the right of the lintel and four to the left of the lintel.' And thereby hung my tail." [Source: PR# 834559]

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
June 2021 Cover Needle in a Timestack Gollancz / Orion Collection 51
June 2021 Cover Needle in a Timestack Gollancz / Orion Collection |48