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Oct 06, 2017 chris discusses three novels from the 1970s by robert silverberg. About the author 2011 robert silverberg was born in 1935 and began to write while studying for his ba at columbia university. Getting specimens for the interstellar zoo was no problemthey battled for the honorbut now i had to fight like a wildcat to keep a display from making a monkey of me. In 1972, robert silverberg, even then an acknowledged leader in the science fiction field, published a book that was immediately hailed as a masterpiece.
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