The Palace at Midnight

Burton, MI: Subterranean, 2009. First . Hardcover. Good. First edition. Former library item, expected imperfections, stamps, markings etc. Red cloth covered boards with black print on the front and spine. Pages are clean and unmarked, other than library markings. Published in a limited small press run edition. Subterranean Press hard cover, no dust jacket as issued, First edition (stated), first printing Sept. 2009. ISBN: 9781596063211, 478 pages. 8vo (6" x 9.25") Volume 5 in The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg. Each story has a brief introduction by the author. Contents: Introduction, by Robert Silverberg. Stories: Our Lady of the Sauropods (2nd place, 1981 Hugo Award); Waiting for the Earthquake (19th place, 1982 Locus Award); The Regulars (12th place, 1982 Locus Award); The Far Side of the Bell-Shaped Curve; A Thousand Paces Along the Via Dolorosa (12th place, 1982 Locus Award); How They Pass the Time in Pelpel; The Palace at Midnight (9th place, 1982 Locus Award); The Man Who Floated in Time; Gianni (18th place, 1983 Locus Award); The Pope of the Chimps (nominated, 1983 Nebula Award); Thesme and the Ghayrog (3rd place, 1983 Locus Award); At the Conglomeroid Cocktail Party; The Trouble with Sempoanga; Jennifer's Lover; Not Our Brother; Gate of Horn, Gate of Ivory; Dancers in the Time-Flux; Needle in a Timestack (13th place, 1984 Locus Award); Amanda and the Alien (11th place, 1984 Locus Award); Snake and Ocean, Ocean and Snake; The Changeling; Basileus; Homefaring (nominated, 1984 Nebula Award).