Lord Valentine's Castle

Lord Valentine's Castle is a novel by Robert Silverberg published in 1980.

First edition (publ. Harper & Row)
Cover art by Ron Walotsky

Plot summary

Lord Valentine's Castle is a novel that details the saga of a hero who reestablishes a legitimate government and saves the planet Majipoor from tyranny.[1]

Reception

Kirkus Reviews states "In terms of sf underpinnings, Majipoor is an inexcusably flimsy construct; and a large cast of promising characters is left rattling around the lengthy and plodding narrative in such a meagerly developed state as to resembled blighted peas in a pod. Disappointing."[2]

Greg Costikyan reviewed Lord Valentine's Castle in Ares Magazine #4 and commented that "despite the detail, despite the novel's dreamy pace, Silverberg never loses his reader, is never boring. To the contrary, Lord Valentine's Castle is, in the demeaning argot of Madison Avenue, a page-turner."[1]

Lord Valentine's Castle won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 1981,[3] and was a Hugo Award nominee in 1981.[3]

Douglas Cohen for Tor.com said that "The story isn’t a puzzle, challenging readers to figure out whether this tale is science fiction or fantasy. It is science fantasy. It is a successful melding of both genres, as it borrows, tweaks, merges, and in some cases entirely reinvents. Books like Lord Valentine’s Castle seek to take the best of both genres and merge them into a seamless tale. Containing scientific and fantastical elements is both acceptable and expected."[4]

Reviews

References
  1. Costikyan, Greg (September 1980). "Books". Ares Magazine. Simulations Publications, Inc. (4): 32.
  2. "LORD VALENTINE'S CASTLE by Robert Silverberg". Kirkus Reviews. April 9, 1980.
  3. "1981 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
  4. https://www.tor.com/2008/12/05/sciencefantasy/
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