Robert Silverberg

Robert Silverberg (1935– ) is an American science fiction writer born on January 15, 1935, in Brooklyn, New York, and a 1956 graduate of Columbia University. He began publishing in 1955 and was known in his early career for his high output, later turning to more literary science fiction. His works include Nightwings, Dying Inside, and Lord Valentine's Castle. He has won the Hugo and Nebula Awards multiple times and received the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Grand Master Award in 2004. Seven of his works are included in this collection, among them Master of Life and Death, Postmark Ganymede, and Starman's Quest. His themes often involve space exploration, alien adventures, and human dilemmas, combining accessible storytelling with deep portrayals of his characters' predicaments, and he has influenced science fiction readers in China and abroad.