Early Days: More Tales From the Pulp Era
by Robert Silverberg
Early Days collects seventeen stories from the years 1956 to 1958, supplemented by an introduction and extensive notes on the creation and publication history of each story. These non-fiction pieces constitute both an episodic memoir and a history of the era of pulp magazines.
The stories range in tone from the grimly dystopian future of “The Inquisitor” to the playful “Space Is the Place,” in which a maintenance technician from Crawford IX experiences comic culture shock during a mandatory vacation on Earth. “Rescue Mission” revolves around the telepathic connection between two interplanetary intelligence agents. “Housemaid No. 103” provides a humorous glimpse into the romantic difficulties of a far future matinee idol. “Harwood’s Vortex” combines a mad scientist, alien invaders, and the possible end of life as we know it into a single colorful narrative.
Silverberg himself calls Early Days “an affectionate tribute to my hardworking self of more than half a century ago.”
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Early Days collects seventeen stories from the years 1956 to 1958, supplemented by an introduction and extensive notes on the creation and publication history of each story. These non-fiction pieces constitute both an episodic memoir and a history of the era of pulp magazines. The stories range in tone from the grimly dystopian future of “The Inquisitor” to the playful “Space Is the Place,” in which a maintenance technician from Crawford IX experiences comic culture shock during a mandatory vacation on Earth. “Rescue Mission” revolves around the telepathic connection between two interplanetary intelligence agents. “Housemaid No. 103” provides a humorous glimpse into the romantic difficulties of a far future matinee idol. “Harwood’s Vortex” combines a mad scientist, alien invaders, and the possible end of life as we know it into a single colorful narrative. Silverberg himself calls Early Days “an affectionate tribute to my hardworking self of more than half a century ago.”