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| Lord Valentine's Castle (Majipoor Cycle) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Robert Silverberg, (none)
Publisher: Eos
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  42 reviews
Sales Rank: 424363
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 528
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4.4 x 1.2
ISBN: 0061054879
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780061054877
ASIN: 0061054879
Publication Date: July 1, 1995
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Condition: tearing and staining
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 Lush and vivid. September 17, 2007
I can still remember my 15th summer. Coming home and sitting on my front stoop and cracking open Lord's Valentine Castle. I had picked it at random out of the rack. The cover had caught my eye and I had bought it on impulse. I was spellbound. It was my first exposure to any of silverberg's writing and was overcome by the vivid and lushness of it. The shear sensuality was almost overwhelming. I just read it again almost 30 yrs later and to my surprise it held up wonderfully.
think of that!Gideon's Fall: When You Dont Have a Prayer, Only a Miracle Will Do
Not Free SF Reader September 3, 2007
On the planet Majipoor several races coexist with humans. The plot has to do with political manipulation and skullduggery, and alien plots. The main character is an amnesiac man named Valentine, who joins a troupe of wandering jugglers and learns their trade.
He realises something is wrong with the government, and the mythological ruling figure, and sets out to do something about it.
 Ran out of steam September 19, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very good book that seemed to run out of steam the last hundred pages. Unique and imaginative ideas, but enough already with Lord Valentine winning all the time. Where did the conflict go? Silverberg is a great sci fi author, among the best, but this epic work just lost me at the end.
Stands up well over time. September 7, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have been in a phase lately of re-reading science fiction and fantasy favorites from when I was a teenager. What I have generally found is that I still enjoy them, but that nostalgia provides most of the pleasure. Lord Valentine's Castle is the rare example that I suspect I would enjoy as much if I were reading it for the first time today.
The adventures of Valentine, the juggling apprentice with disturbing holes in his memory, are well conceived and written. Majipoor is a fascinating world-- heir to complex issues of right and wrong and full of a variety of races. Not only is there enough material to keep this book interesting, but there enough unexplained details to keep the world worth exploring for the next book (and the book after that).
One of the things that has really disturbed me in reading science fiction and fantasy from this period has been the female characters. It is very difficult for me to believe that I digested them so easily as a young teenager. I am very happy that Silverberg is an exception in this regard. The women are more than able to take care of themselves and are strong vibrant characters in their own right.
Highly recommended for science fiction readers of any generation.
Lord Valentine's Castle June 9, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Unlike any other books, Lord Valentine's Castle is one of the greatest SciFi books out there thanks to the vivd language used within the book and the way that this book was written. This story takes place in an exotic world of Majipoor where everything is fantasy. Robert Silverberg brought together both humans and animals into one book.
Valentine(who happends to be a Lord) has had his body replaced by the ShapeShifters of Majipoor. Find out his adventure as he struggles to find his lost memories and regain his powers. Learn about his other companions who are helping him on his journey and find out the secrets that lies in Majipoor. This book takes people into a whole new world with the description of Majipoor and the journey Valentine goes through. Reading this book captures your imagination and takes you above and beyond the eyes of a human to see a lords' kingdom and all the race of humans and life forms that live in the book of Lord Valentine's Castle.
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