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" Sailing to Byzantium " is a novella by the American writer Robert Silverberg. It was first published in Asimov's Science Fiction in February 1985, [1] then in June 1985 with a book edition. [2] . The title is from the poem of the same name by W. B. Yeats. The story, like the poem, deals with immortality, and includes quotations from the poem.
Plot Summary. Sailing to Byzantium (1985) is a science fiction novella by Robert Silverberg. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine, it has been reprinted both on its own as a stand-alone work, as well as in anthologies. The novella won the prestigious Nebula Award for Best Novella in 1986 and was nominated for a Hugo Award.
Sailing to Byzantium. " Sailing to Byzantium " is a poem by William Butler Yeats, first published in the 1927 reprint of Stories of Red Hanrahan and the Secret Rose, [1] and then in the 1928 collection The Tower. It comprises four stanzas in ottava rima, each made up of eight lines of iambic pentameter.
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1 feb 1985 · In Sailing to Byzantium, winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 1986, Silverberg weaves a poetic and gripping tale about a man from 1984 called Phillips who mysteriously finds himself in the 50th century.
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14 mag 2013 · Books. Sailing to Byzantium: Six Novellas. Robert Silverberg. Open Road Media, May 14, 2013 - Fiction - 560 pages. Six science fiction novellas by the author hailed as “a master” by Robert...
Yeats contemplates the limits of the human condition and the transcendence of art in “Sailing to Byzantium.”. By selecting an elderly man as the poem’s narrator, Yeats explores the holy city of Byzantium, which serves as a symbol for unaging intellect.
