Beyond the Doors of Death

by Robert Silverberg, Damien Broderick

Overview

Born With the Dead (the novella) was nominated for every major science fiction award when it was originally published in 1974, winning the Nebula and Locus awards. ***

The author now revisits the classic story with Australian author Damien Broderick. Broderick uses Robert Silverberg's original novella as a starting point for a brilliant leap into the far future, widening the scope and tenor of the original story be revisiting some of the subtler implications of the original story.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612421124
Publisher:	Arc Manor
Publication date:	01/10/2013
Pages:	186
Product dimensions:	7.80(w) x 11.70(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Robert Silverberg is one of science fiction’s most beloved writers, and the author of such classic books such as Gilgamesh the King, Dying Inside, Nightwings, and Lord Valentine’s Castle. He is a past president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and the winner of five Nebula Awards—including one for the short story Passengers—and five Hugo Awards. In 2004 the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America presented him with the Grand Master Award.

Editorial Reviews

In 1974, SFWA Grandmaster Silverberg (Tales of Majipoor) published a novella, “Born With the Dead,” detailing the tragic love of a husband for his newly resurrected (aka “rekindled”) wife. Jorge Klein, unable to let Sybille go, tracks her movements and even infiltrates a colony of rekindled, until Sybille’s new companions put an end to his attempts at reunion. What Silverberg left unanswered, Australian critic Broderick (Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels, 1985–2010) explains in “Quicken,” which picks up after Jorge has died and been resurrected. He becomes a spokesman for the rekindled and is pulled into the struggles to uncover the origins of rekindle technology, as the living stage an inevitable revolt against an unaging undead aristocracy. While Broderick does not recapture the intimacy of Silverberg’s original, which is included in this volume, he does add broad, intriguing speculation on human evolution and first contact. (June)

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