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Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780061054877 ISBN: 0061054879 Label: Eos Manufacturer: Eos Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 528 Publication Date: July 01, 1995 Publisher: Eos Release Date: May 24, 1995 Studio: Eos Editorial Review: Product Description: The national bestselling saga from the stunning imagination of Robert Silverberg continues in the first new hardcover Majipoor novel in nearly a decade. As a prequel to Silverberg's earlier Majipoor novels. Sorcerers of Majipoor provides a deep, dark vision for the background of the conflict inLord Valentine's Castle and Valentine Pontifex. Treachery and wizardry run rampant under the reign of the mighty Pontifex, as both the rightful and the unworthy heirs to the throne anxiously await his demise. Korsibar, son of the current Coronal, plots with his twin sister and ambitious companions to seize the power of the Coronal when his father ascends to the throne of the Pontifex. But the burdens of the crown and scepter exact a higher price than Korsibar is prepared to pay. His rival fights to take his appointed place as keeper of his beloved Majipoor... and to restore order to the utter chaos that has befallen their world. "Silverberg has created a big planet, chock-a-block with life and potential...." -- The Washington Post Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Lush and vivid.I can still remember my 15th summer. Coming home and sitting on my front stoop and cracking open Lord's Valentine Castle. I had picked it at random out of the rack. The cover had caught my eye and I had bought it on impulse. I was spellbound. It was my first exposure to any of silverberg's writing and was overcome by the vivid and lushness of it. The shear sensuality was almost overwhelming. I just read it again almost 30 yrs later and to my surprise it held up wonderfully. ... Read More Rating: - Not Free SF ReaderOn the planet Majipoor several races coexist with humans. The plot has to do with political manipulation and skullduggery, and alien plots. The main character is an amnesiac man named Valentine, who joins a troupe of wandering jugglers and learns their trade. He realises something is wrong with the government, and the mythological ruling figure, and sets out to do something about it. Rating:  - Ran out of steamVery good book that seemed to run out of steam the last hundred pages. Unique and imaginative ideas, but enough already with Lord Valentine winning all the time. Where did the conflict go? Silverberg is a great sci fi author, among the best, but this epic work just lost me at the end. Rating: - Stands up well over time.I have been in a phase lately of re-reading science fiction and fantasy favorites from when I was a teenager. What I have generally found is that I still enjoy them, but that nostalgia provides most of the pleasure. Lord Valentine's Castle is the rare example that I suspect I would enjoy as much if I were reading it for the first time today. The adventures of Valentine, the juggling apprentice with disturbing holes in his memory, are well conceived and written. Majipoor is a fascinating ... Read More Rating: - Lord Valentine's CastleUnlike any other books, Lord Valentine's Castle is one of the greatest SciFi books out there thanks to the vivd language used within the book and the way that this book was written. This story takes place in an exotic world of Majipoor where everything is fantasy. Robert Silverberg brought together both humans and animals into one book. Valentine(who happends to be a Lord) has had his body replaced by the ShapeShifters of Majipoor. Find out his adventure as he struggles to find his lost ... Read More |
