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The New Springtime: The Complete Series Kindle Edition

by Robert Silverberg (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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This far-future sci-fi saga by a multiple Hugo and Nebula Award–winning Grand Master chronicles the perilous rebirth of humanity on a destroyed Earth.

Robert Silverberg’s critically acclaimed masterworks have earned him entry into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and a place among the genre’s greatest legacies. This classic, two-book saga gazes into a world many millennia from now and spins a mesmerizing tale of survival, evolution, and the ultimate future of humanity.

At Winter’s End: For the past 700,000 years, the remaining inhabitants of planet Earth have survived underground, escaping the endless rain of “death stars” that destroyed their civilization—and the world. Now, with the surface finally inhabitable after countless millennia, one tribe’s leader is guiding her people to freedom. But unexpected threats and dark revelations could endanger their long-awaited rebirth.

The Queen of Springtime: Hidden below ground for millennia, the People have finally emerged to repopulate the Earth and reclaim their legacy as the dominant species. But the cold, insectile hjjk, who remained on Earth’s surface throughout the frozen eons, will not give up the world they inherited without a fight.

The New Springtime series is Robert Silverberg at his very best, showcasing the intelligence, ingenuity, humanism, and extraordinary talents that have won him four Hugo Awards, six Nebulas, and a host of other honors.

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Praise for At Winter’s End
“This solid, dramatic novel expands on a favorite motif of Silverberg’s: the mixed terrors and pleasures of freedom, of going out into the wider world without guide, map or a sure sense of one’s own capabilities.” —Publishers Weekly

“Outstanding in every respect.” —Science Fiction Chronicle

Praise for Robert Silverberg
“Robert Silverberg is our best. . . . Time and time again he has expanded the parameters of science fiction.” —The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction

“His is the hand of a master of his craft and imagination.” —Los Angeles Times

“Silverberg relates the struggle of a new humanity at the dawn of an age. Highly recommended.” —Library Journal

“No matter if Silverberg is dealing with material that is practically straight fiction, or going way into the future . . . his is the hand of a master of his craft and imagination.” —Los Angeles Times

About the Author

Robert Silverberg is one of science fiction’s most beloved writers, and the author of such contemporary classics as Dying Inside, Downward to the Earth, 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 and five Hugo Awards. In 2004 the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America presented him with the Grand Master Award. Silverberg is one of twenty-nine writers to have received that distinction.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07421ZKXL
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy (August 8, 2017)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 8, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 5457 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 1269 pages

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Robert Silverberg has been a professional writer since 1955, widely known for his science fiction and fantasy stories. He is a many-time winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards, was named to the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 1999, and in 2004 was designated as a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America. His books and stories have been translated into forty languages. Among his best known titles are NIGHTWINGS, DYING INSIDE, THE BOOK OF SKULLS, and the three volumes of the Majipoor Cycle: LORD VALENTINE'S CASTLE, MAJIPOOR CHRONICLES, VALENTINE PONTIFEX. His collected short stories, covering nearly sixty years of work, have been published in nine volumes by Subterranean Press. His most recent book is TALES OF MAJIPOOR (2013), a new collection of stories set on the giant world made famous in LORD VALENTINE'S CASTLE.

He and his wife, writer Karen Haber, and an assorted population of cats live in the San Francisco Bay Area in a sprawling house surrounded by exotic plants.

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Daniel M.

Great product

Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2022

as advertised

Creative speculative far future adventure

Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2018

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Creative speculative far future adventure, mostly kept my interest but tended to drag in places and repeat themes, could have been a bit tighter, but still an enjoyable escape novel.

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James Thurmond

A Long-time Fan

Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2018

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I have read and enjoyed many of the authors works and was not disappointed in the least with this one. He makes the characters seem to be alive and he has the ability to make the reader feel like he’s known them for a period of time.He tells a good story in a very good way. I would definitely recommend him to anyone .

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Sy

started ok, ended in a train wreck

Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2018

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I am a huge fan of Silverberg, I think some of his books, like Nightwings, are among favorite books. And even his lesser work is still much better than most of the stuff one finds on the virtual bookshelves of the sci-fi section. That's why I bought the complete series without caring to read the 1st book and then decide whether it was good enough to buy the 2nd. And frankly had I read the 1st book alone, I would have probably bought the 2nd, because the 1st is definitely the more successful and interesting.
At Winter's End tells of a tribe of beings that call themselves humans but don't look like it who have spent millennia in an underground shelter after a catastrophic astronomical event laid waste to Earth. But it seems the time has now come to leave the shelter and take their chances on the surface. The Earth they find is alien and hostile, and the tribe has to fend for itself against the perils of nature. The idea is to find the remains of one of the cities of the ancient Earth, before everything was destroyed, and start over from there. This book has many puzzles and questions that kept me reading. I found no one character particularly endearing, but the overall depiction of the struggles of the tribe to find its place in the new Earth and find out about themselves and the past was interesting.
The New Springtime picks up a few decades after the first book, and concentrates on the strife between the tribe and the only intelligent race from before the catastrophe that destroyed the world, an insectile collective. The main problem I had with this book was the poor editing. Moreover the characters were all unpleasant or silly or both. Their actions and reactions make very little sense, they abruptly change their mind without sufficient motivation, and everything hinges on some paranormal stuff that feels more like a deus ex machina to wrap things up without much effort. At some point it just became silly.
So my 3 stars want to be a sort of average between the enjoyable enough first book and the train wreck that came out of the second.

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Bobtom

Took me away

Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2017

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I didn't rate this 5 stars because it was what I sought. I gave it 5 stars because it swept me away into a different world of struggle and growth. Full of mysteries and great questions. Yes, answers and hope also. I would say, "Read this."

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Mizhippiegal

Beautiful and epic

Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2017

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This was the first time I had read this brilliant author and I don't know why I didn't do this sooner!! The story was luminous and exciting. Full of the adventure of a new world and a species learning what it means to be human.

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Cissa

Redundancy, and implausibility

Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2019

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OK, first of all: a genetic pool limited to 60 individuals would be lucky to last 200-300 years- certainly NOT 700,000! I really cannot suspend my disbelief enough to swallow that.

And, some of the parts of the culture were odd. They had tails- but they did not call them tails- they were "sense-organs". and OH so different from "tails"!

I also did not care for the way Silverberg just assumed that, as the culture(s) evolved, patriarchy is the obvious result... especially since the entire culture was initially matriarchal. The females just gave up their power without even thinking about it. Stupid.

Now, I did think the bug-people were intriguing, albeit rather demonized. They had an effective- albeit VERY alien to hominids- culture. My husband and I keep bees, and one of the things we find fascinating is that they are SO alien to us mammals! And during much of the novels, they were alien but alternative; but towards the end, they were definitely demonized.

Also, a number of the earlier chapters of the second novel in the series were, literally, cut-and-pasted from the end of the first novel. I do not care for that.

Not really recommended. Some interesting ideas, but these are buried in a lot of crap, in my opinion.

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Carol Reeves

Masterful

Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2019

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An imagined future that might even be possible. Mr Silverberg paints a picture of society growing and discovering itself. Interesting read.