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Tower of Glass

(1970)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
1971 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee)
1971 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee)
1970 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee)

Simeon Krug is a man with a vision. He wants to communicate with the stars and is building a glass tower on the Arctic tundra for this purpose. The androids working on the tower treat Krug as a god, believing that through him they will become flesh, until, that is, the day they realise the truth.


Genre: Science Fiction

Praise for this book

"In Tower of Glass Silverberg surpasses himself. This is a multi-levelled work of high adventure, considerable tension and social consciousness." - Harlan Ellison


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