Robert Chilson
Autor(a) de Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Refuge
About the Author
Séries
Obras por Robert Chilson
This Side of Independence [short fiction] 7 exemplares
The Hestwood 3 exemplares
In His Image - Rob Chilson 2 exemplares
In The Wabe 2 exemplares
Independence 2 exemplares
Teddy 2 exemplares
The Call of Nature 2 exemplares
The Conquest Of The Air 2 exemplares
Midnight - Rob Chilson 1 exemplar
Fly Me to the Moon [short fiction] 1 exemplar
Half as Old as Time {short story} 1 exemplar
Distant Tigers {novelette} 1 exemplar
Logos, My Tale in Read {short story} 1 exemplar
Farmers in the Sky 1 exemplar
Diogene's Lantern {short story} 1 exemplar
A Veteran Of Foreign Wars 1 exemplar
Yearning Morning Forenoon Evening 1 exemplar
Midnight Yearnings 1 exemplar
The Mind Reader (SS) 1 exemplar
Tame One {short story} 1 exemplar
People Reviews 1 exemplar
Written In The Sand 1 exemplar
Per Stratagem 1 exemplar
Excelsior! 1 exemplar
מלכי הכוכבים 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 3 (November 1971) (1971) — Contribuidor — 45 exemplares
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCI, No. 6 (August 1973) (1973) — Contribuidor — 21 exemplares
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March/April 2014, Vol. 126, Nos. 3 & 4 (2014) — Contribuidor — 21 exemplares
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. CVI, No. 5 (May 1986) (1986) — Contribuidor — 20 exemplares
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 5 (January 1972) (1971) — Contribuidor — 19 exemplares
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September/October 2013, Vol. 125, Nos. 3 & 4 (2013) — Contribuidor — 18 exemplares
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. CVI, No. 13 (Mid-December 1986) (1986) — Autor, algumas edições — 18 exemplares
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July/August 2011, Vol. 121, Nos. 1 & 2 (2011) — Contribuidor — 14 exemplares
Analog Science Fiction and Fact: Vol. CXXXIV, No. 1 & 2 (January/February 2014) (2013) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
The Loch Moose Monster: More Stories From Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (1993) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares
Johann Sebastian Bach Memorial Barbecue. Internationale Science Fiction Erzählungen. (1990) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Chilson, Robert Dean
- Outros nomes
- Chilson, Rob
- Data de nascimento
- 1945-05-19
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Ringwood, Oklahoma, USA
- Locais de residência
- Missouri, USA
- Ocupações
- SF writer
- Relações
- Wu, Bill (collaborator)
- Organizações
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
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Críticas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 39
- Also by
- 24
- Membros
- 596
- Popularidade
- #42,151
- Avaliação
- 3.5
- Críticas
- 9
- ISBN
- 24
- Línguas
- 5
The novel is set in a far future after widespread interstellar colonization by post-terrestrial "Starlings"--a speciated mutation of humanity whose telekinetic abilities form the basis of faster-than-light transport. "Mere" humans continue to outnumber Starlings and have been settled on the colonized worlds as a subordinated workforce. The protagonist Race (his name, "Race") is a supremely rare human "latent" who develops Starling powers at adolescence, and the book concerns his struggle to rise above his inherited human station.
It's not a long book, and it's a fairly fast read. It does end without resolving many of the dilemmas in which the author had placed the main characters, and there may have been some unfulfilled intention to issue sequels. Characterization isn't very sophisticated, and an awful lot of attention is spent inside Race's head as he worries about his problems. The main merit of the book is its world-building. But it wasn't such a fascinating setting that I'd recommend it on that basis alone.… (mais)