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Needle in a timestack - Robert Silverberg
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Posted 2026-07-01 3:51 AM (#35332)
Subject: Needle in a timestack - Robert Silverberg



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I just bought Robert Silverberg's Needle in a Timestack (Gollancz UK version 2021, part of the SF Masterworks collection) and realised that it is not the same short story collection as detailed on the WWE page under that title, although the WWE entry uses the cover art of the Gollancz SF Masterworks version (https://www.worldswithoutend.com/novel.asp?id=21280).

In fact the Robert Silverberg's Introduction to this book states that there are three completely different short story collections (with only a few double entries) of his that bear the name "Needle in a Timestack" and also a short story (which only appears in the 3rd version of the collection). His introduction states that the first collection came out in 1966 (in the US, 1967 in the UK), the 2nd in 1979 and the 3rd (being the one I bought) in 2021. Therefore, the one currently listed on WWE is presumably the first one, albeit under the wrong cover art.

The contents page of the Gollancz UK version 2021 has:
Needle In A Timestack [being it's own story, and now a film, may deserve it's own WWE entry?]
There Was An Old Woman
The Pain Peddlers
The Sixth Palace
In Entropy's Jaws
Absolutely Inflexible
This Is The Road
The Pope Of The Chimps
The Dead Man's Eyes
Road To Nightfall
Multiples
Many Mansions
(Now + N, Now - N)
Enter A Soldier. Later: Enter Another
The Reality Trip
Chip Runner
Call Me Titan
Defenders Of The Frontier
Ishmael In Love
The Secret Sharer

Thanks for all your hard work on the website. It is an excellent resource.

Edited by Lon1_1 2026-07-01 4:18 AM
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