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On the planet of Majipoor, Valentine struggles to reclaim his birthright when he realizes that he is the true Coronal, Lord Valentine, who has been drugged, physically altered, and replaced on the throne.
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Epic, classical in form, grave and earnest.
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
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- Author
- Robert Silverberg
- First published
- November 1995
- Pages
- 466
- Publisher
- Gateway, Tandem Library, Pan
- Editions
- 29
- Language
- French, Spanish, German, English
- ISBN
- 9780061760020
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“AND THEN, AFTER WALKING all day through a golden haze of humid warmth that gathered about him like fine wet fleece, Valentine came to a great ridge of outcropping white stone overlooking the city of Pidruid.”
Robert Silverberg is an American author, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Silverberg received a Nebula award in 1986 for his novella Sailing to Byzantium, which takes its name from Yeats' poem; a Hugo in 1990 for Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another; and in 2004 he was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America. ([Source][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Silverberg
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