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Tower Of Glass (Gollancz SF collector's edition) (Paperback)

by Robert Silverberg (Author)
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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz; New edition edition (20 April 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0575070978
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575070974
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 13.6 x 1.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 580,246 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Simeon Krug is a man with a vision, and he has the vast wealth necessary to bring it into being. For Krug wishes to communicate with the stars, to answer signals from deep space. The colossal glass tower that he is building for the purpose soars high above the Arctic tundra, a sparkling monument to his determination and obsession. The androids who are working on it are perfect synthetic creations, created by Krug's own process in Krug's own factories, and their commitment to the project and their loyalty to Krug are beyond question. For they have made him their god and believe that through him they will become flesh and blood. But Krug is not a god, and when the androids learn the bitter truth their anger is terrible and uncontrollable and threatens much more than Krug's tower. Tower of Glass is a tense and powerful novel written with the intense creativity and ferocious imagination which characterize Silverberg's finest work . Dealing intelligently and forthrightly with important themes, it is science fiction at its thrilling best.


About the Author

Robert Silverberg was born in 1935 and educated at Columbia University. He sold his first story at the age of nineteen and has been a professional writer since the age of twenty-one. He is widely recognized as one of the most imaginative and versatile writers of science fiction. Among his many books are Thorns, Nightwings, Dying Inside, The Stochastic Man, The Book of Skulls and Lord Valentine's Castle .
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Top-notch SF, 7 April 2001
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One of the tests of great SF is, can it be read over and over again, and still be enjoyed? In the case of Tower of Glass, the answer is yes! Bob Silverberg's powers of invention are at a peak in this book, set about 300 years in the future. Simeon Krug, a mega-tycoon of that time, has an obsession to prove that humankind is not alone in the universe. When he discovers signals from deep space, he sets about building a mighty tower of glass, containing the technology to reply to the signals. His workers are synthetic humans (androids) who he drives on furiously, like a ruthless slavemaster. What he does not realise is that the androids believe he is God! Tension builds and builds as the androids, with some human allies, plot to force Krug to grant them equality with flesh-and-blood humanity. The story moves towards a pivotal moment of truth and a breathtaking ending! Glorious entertainment.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Stylish and meaningful SF, 4 Oct 2003
By Rod Williams "hairybloke@aol.com" (London) - See all my reviews
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Simeon Krug, wealthy magnate of the future, is so obsessed with a sequence of numbers being transmitted from a planetary nebula three hundred light years away that he develops a race of androids in order to build a tower fifteen hundred metres high in order to send a response to the alien signal.
The androids, unbeknown to Krug, have developed their own society which is attempting to achieve Android Equality rights in two fundamentally different ways. The Android Equality Party is a visible politically active movement which campaigns for a change in legislation from the current situation in which androids are considered ‘property’ while others see their salvation in a religion centred around the figure of Krug ‘The Creator’.
This short but complex novel is – to a certain extent – exploring areas Philip K Dick had already explored in the preceding decade to better effect. Indeed, the novel seems influenced by Dick stylistically, particularly in Silverberg’s choice of names for his characters.
There is also something tragically Shakespearean about Tower of Glass. The unfolding of the drama is measured by the increasing height of the tower, which is in direct relation to the increase in Krug’s maniacal obsession with the project. Krug himself, although not a wicked man, becomes increasingly irrational and blind to the social developments within the race of androids which he created.
Well worth checking out.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Top notch SF, 26 Mar 2001
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One of the tests of great SF is, can it be read over and over again, and still be enjoyed? In the case of Tower of Glass, the answer is yes! Bob Silverberg's powers of invention are at a peak in this book, set about 300 years in the future. Simeon Krug, a mega-tycoon of that time, has an obsession to prove that humankind is not alone in the universe. When he discovers signals from deep space, he sets about building a mighty tower of glass, containing the technology to reply to the signals. His workers are synthetic humans (androids) who he drives on furiously, like a ruthless slavemaster. What he does not realise is that the androids believe he is God! Tension builds and builds as the androids, with some human allies, plot to force him to grant them equality with flesh-and-blood humanity. The pivotal moment of truth comes at last... You will have to read it to find out what happens next! Glorious entertainment.
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