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Needle in a Timestack

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Needle in a Timestack

By: Robert Silverberg
Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
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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 Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley - a jealous ex-husband warps time in a vindictive attempt to destroy his former wife's new marriage. Thirty-one 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 Award-winning "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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All these stories are good, with several really great. My favourite was ‘Enter a soldier. Later: enter another.’

I loved the introduction to each story where the author gave context behind the writing of it.

For anyone who enjoyed the titular story, I would recommend checking out the movie. I’d say it manages to flesh out the idea even more.

Excellent Collection, loved the introductions

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As Audible are probably aware, I have bought more audiobooks by Robert Silverberg than by any other writer and thought I had read nearly all of his stories, but not these.

I was particularly impressed by the ones about animals.

The short introductions, which provide some insight into the author's methods and inspiration are interesting as well, and the narration is good too.

Please note, however, that this is not hard science fiction.

Excellent Selection

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Some of the stories were okay but I have been a devotee of the great names , Bradbury , Clarke to name just two and read all the collections of the greatest Sci-fi so I wasn’t transfixed and won’t re-listen to any . The intros were strange though ; all authors should be proud of their work but each intro became a ‘ didn’t I do well ‘ spiel and ‘ nobody has got stories in one anthology’ . These self congratulatory intros are missing from the true greats of sci-Fi …………..

Ego !!!

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