Needle in a Timestack

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 - now 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.

Contents

1. The Pain Peddlers (1963)
2. Passport to Sirius (1958)
3. Birds of a Feather (1958)
4. There Was an Old Woman—? (1958)
5. The Shadow of Wings (1963)
6. Absolutely Inflexible (1956)
7. His Brother's Weeper (1959)
8. The Sixth Palace (1965)
9. To See the Invisible Man (1963)
10. The Iron Chancellor (1958)