The Book Of Skulls by Robert Silverberg Paperback Book

Description: The Book Of Skulls by Robert Silverberg A finely crafted account of four friends quest for immortality FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Four students discover a manuscript, The Book of Skulls, which reveals the existence of a sect, now living in the Arizona desert, whose members can offer immortality to those who can complete its initiation rite. To their surprise, they discover that the sect exists, and is willing to accept them as acolytes. But for each group of four who enter the rite, two must die in order for the others to succeed. Author Biography SALES POINTS* #23 in the Millennium SF Masterworks series, a library of the finest science fiction ever written* Could be his finest book so far -- Greg Bear* Silverberg has been nominated for, and won more awards for his fiction than any other writer in the genre Promotional No.23 in the Millennium SF Masterworks series, a library of the finest science fiction ever written * Could be his finest book so far -- Greg Bear * Silverberg has been nominated for, and won more awards for his fiction than any other writer in the genre. Kirkus US Review Silverberg, as Theodore Sturgeon just commented, has of late "vaulted into a new order of magnitude" - for magnitude, a questionable magnitude, you might substitute hieratic mystery in this story of four young men who go to a monastery in the Arizona desert in the knowledge that two will live and two will die according to the ninth canon of the Book of Skulls. The story is told in alternating insets by each of them (two are "jocks"; two are "queers" although one admits to the latter only toward the close) and in between all the hip talk recorded on this ultimate purgative high ("A psychic enema might not be such a bad thing") the interest naturally centers on which life for an immortal life will be exchanged. Metaphysical Russian roulette? (Kirkus Reviews) Long Description Four students discover a manuscript, The Book of Skulls, which reveals the existence of a sect, now living in the Arizona desert, whose members can offer immortality to those who can complete its initiation rite. To their surprise, they discover that the sect exists, and is willing to accept them as acolytes. But for each group of four who enter the rite, two must die in order for the others to succeed. Promotional "Headline" A finely crafted account of four friends quest for immortality Description for Sales People No.23 in the Millennium SF Masterworks series, a library of the finest science fiction ever written Details ISBN1857989147 Author Robert Silverberg Pages 224 Publisher Orion Publishing Co Year 1999 ISBN-10 1857989147 ISBN-13 9781857989144 Format Paperback Imprint Gollancz Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.54 Illustrations Colour 32 Media Book Series S.F. Masterworks Publication Date 1999-12-16 Series Number 23 UK Release Date 1999-12-16 Audience General AU Release Date 2000-02-29 NZ Release Date 2000-02-29 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:1067904;

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