His short story, "Passengers", won the 1969 Nebula Award.
Silverberg's 1969 time-travel novel "Up the Line" was required reading for all production personnel on the "Back to the Future" series (1985, 1989, 1990), per director Robert Zemeckis.
Science fiction and fantasy novelist.
Guest of Honor at the "HEICON 70" World Science Fiction Convention
(Heidelberg, West Germany, 21-24 August 1970)