Needle in a Timestack is Robert Silverberg at his very best - intelligent, inventive, and visionary. This collection showcases his talent for thought-provoking science fiction, ranging in themes from time travel to space travel, the media to mortality. In the titular story - under development as a feature film by Oscarwinning screenwriter John Ridley - a jealous ex-husband warps time in a vindictive attempt to destroy his former wife's new marriage. Thirtyone identical sons have a shocking surprise for their mother in "There Was an Old Woman". The prophetic "The Pain Peddlers" depicts reality TV in a way that allows viewers to revel in a voyeuristic, adrenaline-fueled rush. Also included are Silverberg's Hugo Awardwinning "Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another", and the Locus Award winner "The Secret Sharer", a Joseph Conrad-inspired tale of a ship captain drawn into a strange alliance with a stowaway.

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Robert Silverberg
Amerikansk forfatter som har skrevet SF siden 1954 og som med tiden er blevet en af de bedste og mest respekterede personer I genren. Silverberg startede sin karriere som forfatter for SF magasiner. Der skrev han massevis af historier, mange af dem under pseudonymer. Efter at have skrevet I mange år og blandt andet vundet en Nebula pris for sin roman, "A Time of Changes," holdt Silverberg pause. I 1980 udkom "Lord Valentine's Castle", den første "Majipoor" bog, og det blev starten på resten af hans karriere. Nu skriver Silverberg stadig på sin serie, samtidig med at han skriver udmærkede enkeltstående bøger.