Russell's ebook Library
The Book of Skulls
Robert Silverberg
Four students discover a manuscript, The Book of Skulls, which reveals the existence of a sect, now living in the Arizona desert, whose members can offer immortality to those who can complete its initiation rite. To their surprise, they discover that...
Downward to Earth
Robert Silverberg
An intelligent New Wave classic from the mid-1970s which blends mysticism, world-building and literary references in an inventive mix...This is perhaps SF's finest tribute to Joseph Conrad, both in its keen moral sense and its portrayal of a vividly ...
Dying Inside
Robert Silverberg
Born with the extraordinary power to look deep within the human heart, David Selig recklessly misuses his gift in the pursuit of pleasure, until his power begins to die and he must come to terms with what it means to be truly human.This is a fascinat...
The Masks of Time
Robert Silverberg
Vornan-19 fell from the sky, naked, and landed on the Spanish steps in Rome on Christmas afternoon toward the end of the Millennium.And for Leo Garfield things would never be the same. For he is an acknowledged expert in the time reversal properties ...
Needle in a Timestack: And Other Stories
Robert Silverberg
A collection of twenty classic stories from the Science Fiction Grand Master.SF Masterworks #184Needle in a TimestackUnder development as a feature film by Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley. A jealous ex-husband warps time in a vindictive attem...
Nightfall
Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg
These two renowned writers have invented a world not unlike our own - a world on the edge of chaos, torn between the madness of religious fanaticism and the stubborn denial of scientists. Only a handful of people on the planet Lagash are prepared to ...
Nightwings
Robert Silverberg
Only at night, on the winds of darkness, can she soar. And it was Avluela the Flier's ebony and scarlet wings that led the Watcher to the seven hills of the ancient city from which, in a moment of weakness, the Watcher failed his vigil, leaving the s...
The Positronic Man
Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg
Based on an Asimov short story, "The Bicentennial Man".When NDR 113 came off the assembly lines of the United States Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation, it was no more than a positronic brain encased in a more-or-less humanoid-looking housing.But ...
Shadrach in the Furnace
Robert Silverberg
The year is 2012. The world lies ravaged by biological warfare, its population decimated by a ferocious genetically-transmitted disease known as the organ rot. And presiding over the ruins is a ninety-three-year-old tyrant, preserved in a state of yo...
The Stochastic Man
Robert Silverberg
Lew Nichols can predict the future. Not see the future, just make predictions based on research and statistics. Nichols is damn good at it, though, and his accuracy makes him a valuable addition to Paul Quinnís political campaign for New York City Ma...
Thorns
Robert Silverberg
In a world where humanity has colonized the solar system begun to explore more of the local galaxy, a vast audience follows real-life stories presented by wealthy media mogul, Duncan Chalk.Chalk feeds on the pained emotions of others. He plays cruell...
A Time of Changes
Robert Silverberg
The peace based on total selflessness that characterizes life on Velada Borthan is shattered when men from Earth bring with them a drug that makes the planet's inhabitants aware of their individuality.1972 Nebula AwardSF Masterworks #175
Tower of Glass
Robert Silverberg
Simeon Krug has a vision - and the vast wealth necessary to turn dream into reality.What he wishes is to communicate with the stars, to answer signals from deep space.The colossal tower he's constructing for this purpose soars above the Arctic tundra...
Up the Line
Robert Silverberg
Being a Time Courier was one of the best jobs Judson Daniel Elliott III ever had.It was tricky, though, taking group after group of tourists back to the same historic event, without meeting yourself coming or going.Trickier still was avoiding the tem...
