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Nightwings Paperback – 9 July 1987

by Robert Silverberg (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars 909 ratings
SCIENCE FICTION-SYNOPSIS;THEY ARE AN ILL-ASSORTED TRIO:OLD MANWUELLIG OF THE GUILD OF WATCHERS,WHOSE LIFEWORK IS TO SCAN THE DEPTHS OF SPACE FOR INVADERS;THE EXQUISITE YOUNG FLIER AVLUELA;AND GORMAN GUILDLESS,A MISSHAPEN CHANGELING,A MAN WITHOUT PAST OR COUNTRY.TOGETHER THEY MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE ANCIENT CITY OF ROUM,ONLY TO BE SEPERATED WHEN THE MASSED ARRIVAL OF ALIEN STARSHIPS THROWS THE CITY INTO TURMOIL.WATCHER TAKES THE ROAD ONCE MORE,THIS TIME IN THE ARROGANT COMPANY OF THE OUSTED PRINCE OF ROUM.THE GLITTERING CITY OF PERRIS OFFERS THEM TEMPORARY REFUGE,BUT WATCHER MUST MAKE A FINAL PILGRAMAGE-TO THE HOLY CITY OF JORSLEM.HERE HE HOPES TO FIND HIS LOST LOVE,AND THROUGH HER,TO A NEW CYCLE OF HUMAN EXISTANCE.
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  1. Print length
    192 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Futura Orbit
  4. Publication date
    9 July 1987
  5. ISBN-10
    0708882358
  6. ISBN-13
    978-0708882351
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Futura Orbit
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 9 July 1987
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ New
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0708882358
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0708882351
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 358 g
  • Best Sellers Rank: 1,842,310 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • Customer reviews:
    4.2 out of 5 stars 909 ratings

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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.

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  • adamanda
    5.0 out of 5 stars nightwings
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 June 2025
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    a cracker . Sci fi at its classic best
    silverburg is one of the greats . read and weep Alastair reynolds
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  • ack
    4.0 out of 5 stars Well written
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 October 2024
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    The ending dissipated.
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  • Pete
    3.0 out of 5 stars Decent short story but with very dated views of girls/women and acceptable behaviour.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 July 2025
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    Silverberg is a good writer, but has a tendency to include some very dated ideas around unacceptable behaviour. He has a habit of describing women as sex objects. In this book he sexualizes someone who is described as a flying child. Later she is raped and yet she describes this as the most arousing of her 'sexual' encounters. Disturbing.
    Putting the above aside, there are some interesting ideas and brief but effective world building. It moves along at sufficient pace and generally holds the attention.
    Not his best work, but ok.
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  • Mr. Dominic Banks
    5.0 out of 5 stars THE GREATEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 September 2013
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    To say that I love this book is not close enough. When I first read Nightwings, and even more so now as I come up to my 30th reading of it, it hold your emotions and mind in a way so few authors have over the years.
    Winner of soooo many awards, and so concise and pure of skill and style, you deserve to read this if you are a true science fiction fan.
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  • Mr. K. A. Harrison
    4.0 out of 5 stars So very different
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 December 2015
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    I had never before read a SciFi story remotely like this one. It was so refreshingly different that I'm going to get more Silverberg SciFi
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Classic
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 September 2016
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    For those who like classic sf mixed with fantasy, look no further. Silverberg at his best. There is no finer exponent of this genre
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  • Stephen P Walker
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 May 2018
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    Very classic.
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  • Paul B.
    3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 November 2017
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    OK
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  • Dr. DNA
    5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant poetic novella that transcends pulp SF
    Reviewed in Canada on 7 July 2025
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    Clean poetic writing using ancient Rome as a stencil for an imaginary empire of the future under the threat of an alien invasion. The fable-like narrative reads like a cross between Olaf Stapledon and John Bunyan (Pilgrim's Progress) and has the sort of open ending that I certainly like, makes you reach into mythology without closing the coffin for an easy solution. My first Robert Silverberg... and it won't be the last.
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  • Christina Matheny
    5.0 out of 5 stars An instructional book on life. Loved it.
    Reviewed in the United States on 3 July 2025
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    I’m sure I must have read this ages ago but rereading it gave me a whole different perspective. In this time of racism and hatred towards anyone who is different, this is a refreshing story. As I travel with the watcher as he met many kinds of people I gained the knowledge of difference. How we can be prejudice toward others because of their appearance or groups they belong to. To anyone who feels into the books they read this booked showed me the possibility that we can change our world to feel peaceful towards all walks of life. This isn’t just a sci-fri book it’s an instruction book on how to live your life.
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  • Nitish
    4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, light read.
    Reviewed in India on 24 January 2019
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    Quick read, interesting read on a believable future
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  • Keith
    4.0 out of 5 stars This is science fiction at its best
    Reviewed in the United States on 10 July 2024
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    Robert Silverberg has s a master of science fiction, and you only need to read Nightwings. Lest we ever stray too far from the path, this is a email made f how it’s done.
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  • Candice K
    3.0 out of 5 stars Worth the read - traditional 70s sci-fi from a master.
    Reviewed in the United States on 18 July 2019
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    Robert Silverberg has been an author that I've enjoyed for a long while. While Nightwings lives up to his legacy in theory, the fact that this "novel" is comprised of 3 short stories is evident. It lacks the continuity and polished completion that I value unfortunately.

    The world building and character evolution is definitely up to par with what I'd expect from Mr. Silverberg, and had these novellas been expanded upon into a trilogy, this could have been a great series. Instead, readers were given a glimpse into a very interesting future and introduced to characters we grow to want to learn about...and then we are left alone in the dark.

    I'm definitely still happy to have read this book, and I appreciate the traditional sci-fi elements and tone found therein. Worth a read, as this was written by one of the greats, but this book on it's own definitely does not reflect the author's usual exemplary offerings.

    As a side note, while reading the forward, I found this:
    But other honors were waiting for the novella known as “Nightwings.” In the spring of 1969, it was one of five stories to make the final Nebula Award ballot in the Best Novella category, though it finished second to Anne McCaffrey’s “Dragonrider.”
    Anne McCaffrey is and most likely always will be my favorite author, not just for her Dragonrider series, but for her collected works as a whole. While still a powerhouse in his own right, that Robert Silverberg's writing could even compare to Mrs. McCaffrey's is reason enough to read it. :)

    Favorite excerpt:
    “We’ll catch the disease!”
    “The Will can reach us anywhere to infect us with this, Olmayne. It strikes at random. The danger is no greater for us inside this building than it is in Perris.”
    “Why, then, are so many in this one village smitten?”
    “This village has earned the displeasure of the Will.”
    “How neatly you serve up the mysticism, Tomis,” she said bitterly. “I misjudged you. I thought you were a sensible man. This fatalism of yours is ugly.”
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