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The Majipoor series is a series of novels and stories by American writer Robert Silverbergset on the planet Majipoor. The setting is a mixture of science fiction and fantasy elements. The works in Lord Valentines Castle series are as follows, in internal chronological order. Within the main series are two trilogies: the first published was the Lord Valentine Cycle, the second trilogy was the Lord Prestimion Cycle, set earlier in the history of Lord Valentines Castle. Majipoor is a planet much larger, though far less dense so Lord Valentines Castle gravitation is almost the same as on Earth than the Earth. It has been settled by humans, Ghayrogs, Skandars, Vroons, Liimen, Hjorts and other alien races for many thousands of years. These races live in an unstable truce with the shape-changing aboriginal inhabitants of the planet, the Piurivar. The planet is ruled by an unusual tetrarchy: an adoptive Coronal rules in a highly visible and symbolic manner from his palace atop Castle Mount; the previous Coronal retires to become the Pontifexthe head of the bureaucracy in an underground Labyrinth ; the Coronal's mother becomes the Lady of the Isle of Sleeppromoting the morals of Majipoor by sending dreams to its inhabitants; while a hereditary King of Dreams on the distant continent of Suvrael punishes wrongdoers by visiting them with nightmares. The post of King of Dreams is created at the end of King of Dreamswhile Valentine Pontifex ends with the creation of a fifth Power, representing the Piurivar. It is referenced that Majipoor receives the occasional starshipbut is generally considered a backwater planet. Metals of all sorts are scarce, since the planet has a very light crust. Technology is Lord Valentines Castle pervasive and Lord Valentines Castle at the same time. For example, draft animals are used for farming and transport, but the animals used called "mounts" were genetically created in Lord Valentines Castle distant past. Many great engineering works are referenced, but these were created in the past also. Many modern technologies, such as TV and radioseem to be nonexistent or of very limited use. The average Majipooran lives a peasant lifestyle, and agriculture is Lord Valentines Castle common occupation. Ancient laws dictate that no race may exclusively occupy a given district, so most races can be found in some numbers virtually anywhere. On the village level, there are monocultures, however. Some areas also have a handful of other intelligent beings visiting from off-world. Their numbers are small enough as to be irrelevant. There are also indigenous sea dragons, discovered to be highly intelligent. The characters of any given book often travel vast distances across the face of Majipoor. The planet itself has three main continents, a major island, several smaller islands of note, and one hemisphere which is the Great Sea entirely water. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this Lord Valentines Castle by adding citations to Lord Valentines Castle sources. Unsourced material Lord Valentines Castle be challenged and removed. Worlds Without End. Retrieved Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel. The Silmarillion by Lord Valentines Castle. Tolkien Harpist in the Wind by Patricia A. Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin Beauty by Sheri S. Rowling A Storm of Swords by George R. Jemisin Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik Categories : s science fiction novels s science fiction novels s science fiction novels s science fiction novels Fantasy novel series Fictional planets Novels by Robert Silverberg Novels set on fictional planets Planetary romances Science fiction book series. Hidden categories: Articles needing additional references from December All articles needing additional references. Namespaces Lord Valentines Castle Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. Cover for Lord Valentine's Castle. Science fictionfantasyscience fantasy. HarperEos PressRoc Books. Lord Valentines Castle Valentine's Castle. Lord Valentine's Castle by Robert Silverberg (First Edition/1st Printing) HCDJ | eBay

He is a man with no Lord Valentines Castle a wanderer without memory of his origins. He calls himself Valentine. As a member of a motley group of entertainers, he travels across the magical planet of Majipoor, Lord Valentines Castle hoping he will meet someone who can give him back what he Lord Valentines Castle lost. And then, he begins to Lord Valentines Castle to receive messages in those dreams. Messages that tell him that he is far more than a common vagabond--he is a lord, a king turned out Lord Valentines Castle his castle. Now his travels have a purpose--to return to his home, discover what enemy took his memory, and claim the destiny that awaits him He is a man with no past— a wanderer without memory of his origins. Messages that tell him that he is far Lord Valentines Castle than a common vagabond—he is a lord, a king turned out of his castle. Now his travels have a purpose—to return to his home, discover what enemy took his memory, and claim Lord Valentines Castle destiny that awaits him…. Follow Valentine as he joins a motley band of jugglers to seek the secret of his lost past across a wide and wondrous world. From the depths of a dying emperor's dark domain, to the destiny that awaits him high atop Lord Valentine's Castle. I first read this book long, long ago. It could easily have been twenty years ago. Then, somewhere in the years of house moves and book Lord Valentines Castle, my copy vanished. Of course, it was not long afterwards that I found myself with a hankering to reread the book. I checked out second hand copies as well as new, but somehow never quite made the decision to buy - buying books can be a long, complicated and expensive process here in New Zealand, especially if you want one that is older or not particularly popular. In the end, I bought an ecopy from Fictionwise and it then sat on my Lord Valentines Castle waiting for me to find the time Lord Valentines Castle read it. Lord Valentines Castle was a little concerned that the book might not stand up to my twenty or however many year old memories, but it came up trumps. I greatly enjoyed my long wander through Majipoor with Valentine and the others. The plot is basically simple - the ruler of the world has his throne stolen from him and has to get it back - but Silverberg adds enough twists and turns to make it fresh. Valentine not only loses his throne, but also his memory and even his own body although, given it was plagued with a limp, he eventually decides he got the better of the deal and is dumped on the side of the road to make a new life and future. He falls in with a band of jugglers and, finding he has a natural talent for it, Lord Valentines Castle one of the troop. However, his new and pleasant simple life is not allowed to last. Plagued by dreams - on a planet Lord Valentines Castle dreams hold truth, secrets Lord Valentines Castle communication - the riddle of his past and identity is eventually revealed. Unable to believe it at first, he still finds himself drawn to follow the clues tossed out to him until he finds this amaing tale is true. From there, he sets about to regain his throne. I like Valentine. At first he is almost simple, untroubled by the weights of life and responsibility, but even as he learns who he Lord Valentines Castle and takes more and more onto himself, that sunny attitude almost never fades completely. The story is told in a close third person POV with Valentine as the focal character, so the only head we ever get inside is his. This means we get to know him very well, while the other characters are never as well developed. All the same, the reader or this reader anyway can develop a great liking for them. Besides Valentine himself, Carabella is probably my favourite character and while I fell I know her, I'd still like to know her a little better. But really, it is Majipoor itself that is the Lord Valentines Castle of the story. As Valentine and his companions slowly make their way from one side of the world to the other, the reader is taken on a fantastic journey around an amazing planet. Majipoor was originally home to the Metamorphs, Lord Valentines Castle race of shapechangers, but people from Old Earth arrived fourteen thousand years ago and Lord Valentines Castle took possession of the planet. A large range of other alien races also live on Majipoor and all are well described and make fascinating, well- rounded characters. There are the remains of the high-tech that came with the original settlers, but Majipoor is now in many ways more a fantasy world rather than a science fiction one. I love this mixture of the two genres and it is part of the attraction of the series Lord Valentines Castle me. As well as the strange races that populate the planet, the geography and flora and fauna are also unique and fascinating, from a mountain so high it's top sits outside the atmosphere and is maintained by ancient weather machines to amazing plants and creatures, Majipoor is a place of wonders and well worth the visit. Oh, and we mustn't forget the Metamorph plot to regain their lost planet. Lord Valentines Castle never read any of the futher books in the series originally, but I am quite interested in doing so this time. The second book, Majipoor Chronicles, is now sitting on my PDA, waiting for me to have the time to read it. I'm not a great reader of fantasy books, but this is a favourite of mine. In some ways it has a hefty dose of sci-fi as well. The huge planet of Majipoor Lord Valentines Castle colonized by space-travelling humans thousands of years ago, and the aboriginal Metamorphs are now in a minority. Joined by several other races from other planets, Majipoor is a cosmopolitan place. Valentine, Lord Valentines Castle story we follow, seems to know little of his own past, but when he falls in with a crown of itinerant jugglers he is happy to learn from them and join their band. Gradually his dreams, and those of his new friends, lead him to believe that he is not who he once was, and that a dreadful injustice has befallen him, and the planet he lives on. Wonderful characters and Lord Valentines Castle sheer scale of Majippor make this series that is well worth reading, even if you normally shy away from fantasy novels. And thus begins Valentine's journey, from a puzzled and confused amnesiac to discovering who he really is. Can you imagine, a person who was king or "Coronal" in this case who was somehow magically switched with another body, and the new Coronal is really wearing a new body. Scary stuff. The first half of the book deals with not only his self-discovery, but his new loves and new adventures with people he may never have met, had he not been cast from his high and mighty throne. The crux of the story really has to do with his own self-discovery, his haughtiness replaced Lord Valentines Castle a simple understanding of reality, and then the merging of these two into Valentine the Coronal. Several parts to this book I like. The author doesn't let on that Valentine is really actually the Coronal but weaves his readers through the self-discovery, laying clues along the way. And he does a bit of planet-building too. New aliens, ancient civilizations and so on. Lord Valentines Castle these are not fleshed out all that much. Silverberg gets into the Metamorphs, the original race that "wasn't really using the planet anyway" and are on reservations. They're called Metamorphs because they can change themselves to look like anyone - shapeshifters. Valentine meets with a group Lord Valentines Castle jugglers who slowly realize he is not what he seems. It takes some convincing to get him to see that he is in fact the Coronal and that there is an usurper on the throne. And even then, he would prefer the simple life of a juggler to the dubious monarchy. What Lord Valentines Castle conflict! Despite the fact that there are aliens on this planet and that Earth is all but forgotten, and even the technology laid out in the story is forgotten as well, this story could easily fit in Medieval England or in a Marion Zimmer Bradley story. Calling it "science fiction" is a loose term. Lord Valentines Castle definitely a fantasy tale. Bottom Line: Great story, full of imagery, bravery and self-discovery. I would have fleshed out some of the other alien races more and given less to the biology and geography Lord Valentines Castle the planet. Perhaps Silverberg does so in the other books of the series. I love this book. Its been a long time since I've read it, but it still stands out in my mind as a science fiction classic. Not only the plot, but the huge expanse of Majipoor is what really sets this book apart. I think Silverberg created a unique setting with strong characters and a compelling plot. I've had this books sitting on my shelf for no less than 20 years. Eventually saw it available on audiobook and decided it was finally time to find out what this classic was all about. The first quarter of the book was pretty boring. Way too much minutiae about juggling. I almost gave up. Glad I didn't. It got better. I get the feeling that back in the day when I was kid and before authors mixed fantasy and sci-fi a lot more readily than they do nowadays. It kind of jolted me out of the story. Here at Walmart. Your email address will never be sold or distributed to a third party for any reason. Sorry, but we can't respond to individual comments. If you need immediate assistance, please Lord Valentines Castle Customer Care. Your feedback helps us make Walmart shopping better for millions of customers. Recent searches Clear All. Enter Location. Update location. Learn more. Report incorrect product information. Robert K. Walmart Book Format. Select Option. Current selection Lord Valentines Castle Paperback. Lord Valentine's Castle by Silverberg, Robert

Lord Valentine's Castle, p. Unable to remember Lord Valentines Castle past and not caring Lord Valentines Castle about his future, Valentine finds himself on the outskirts of the legendary city of Pidruid on the immense planet of Majipoor. Joining a band of four-armed jugglers and a few humans, he sets out with the troop on an epic journey, performing in strange and wonderful cities before enraptured audiences. It is one of his companions, the beautiful Carabella, who holds him close as uneasy dreams unsettle his sleep, and when the dreams become even more threatening, it is another companion, a mystic dwarf, who helps him solve the mystery of who he is and from whence he came. This work originally appeared in somewhat different form in The Magazine Lord Valentines Castle Fantasy and Science Fiction. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. SLo [PS However, the concepts of the theory and practice of juggling as expressed herein are primarily my own, especially as regards the capabilities of four-armed jugglers, and neither Ms. Crowell nor the Karamazovs should be held responsible for any implausibilities or impossibilities in these pages. Invaluable assistance in other aspects of writing this book was provided by Marta Randall. Among Ms. For additional criticism of the manuscript in its troublesome early stages I am grateful to Barbara Silverberg and Susanne L. Houfek, and I owe thanks to Ted Chichak of the Scott Meredith Literary Agency for his support and encouragement and professional acumen. It was the provincial capital, sprawling and splendid, the biggest city he had come upon since—since? There he halted, finding a seat at the edge of the soft, crumbling white ridge, digging his booted feet into the Lord Valentines Castle ragged stone, and he sat there staring down at Pidruid, blinking as though newly out of sleep. Lord Valentines Castle this summer day twilight was still some hours away, and the sun hung high to the southwest beyond Pidruid, out over the Great Sea. I will rest here for a while, Valentine thought, and then I will go down into Pidruid and find lodging for the night. As he rested he heard pebbles tumbling past him from a higher point on the ridge. Unhurriedly he looked back the way he had come. A young herdsman had appeared, a boy with straw-colored hair and Lord Valentines Castle freckled face, Lord Valentines Castle a train of fifteen or twenty mounts down the hill road. They were fat sleek Lord Valentines Castle beasts, obviously well looked after. And you? Bringing these mounts to market. Thirsty work it is, too. Do you have wine? He tapped the flask at his hip, where a fiercer man Lord Valentines Castle wear a weapon. He got to his feet as the boy dismounted and scrambled down the ridge toward him. Valentine offered him the flask. The boy was no more than fourteen or fifteen, he guessed, and small for his age, though deep through the chest and brawny. He came hardly elbow-high to Valentine, who was tall but not Lord Valentines Castle so, a sturdy man just above middle height, with wide flat shoulders and big capable hands. The boy swirled Lord Valentines Castle wine in the flask, inhaled in a knowing way, Lord Valentines Castle his approval, took a deep gulp, sighed. And this sticky heat—it chokes you! Is this festival time in Pidruid? The grand parade, the circus, the royal celebration. Look down there. Again he shook his head. The ships? The five tremendous ones, with his banner flying from Lord Valentines Castle rigging? Is there something wrong with your eyes? Now follow along inland a little way—the big stone gate? And the wide highway running through it? Would you like more wine? Finish it. This must be a great moment in the history of Pidruid, for the Coronal ruled from far-off Castle Mount, all the way on the other side of the world, so distant that he and it were almost legendary, distances being what they were on this world of Majipoor. Coronals of Majipoor did not come often Lord Valentines Castle the western continent. But Valentine was oddly Lord Valentines Castle by the knowledge of the presence of his glittering namesake down below there. I am here and the Coronal is here, he thought, and he will sleep tonight in some splendid palace of the masters of Pidruid, and I will sleep in some pile of hay, and then there will be a grand festival, and what is that to me? It was Lord Valentines Castle discourtesy. Why is the Coronal here? This is the new one, you know. Lord Valentine, only two years on his throne. The brother to Lord Voriax, who died. Touring the Lord Valentines Castle for the first time since he got the Castle. A fine thing it must be to be Coronal! An auspicious name! Lord Valentines Castle, why would I want to be Coronal? Do you think a Coronal does nothing but drink golden wine and march in Lord Valentines Castle processions? Everything falls on his shoulders. To carry Lord Valentines Castle the decrees of the Pontifex, to sustain order, to support justice in every land—it tires me to think of it, boy. He keeps the world from collapsing into chaos. Let him have the job. Easy of mind. Here you are a grown man, and you seem to know so little of certain things, and I half your age and I have to explain. But perhaps I misjudge you. Shall we go down into Pidruid? It was good to ride, after so long on foot. The mount was comfortable, as well it might be, for they had been bred for comfort for thousands of years, these artificial animals, these witchcraft-creatures out of the old days, strong and Lord Valentines Castle and patient, able to convert any sort Lord Valentines Castle trash into food. The skill of making them was long forgotten, but now they bred of Lord Valentines Castle, like natural animals, and it would be a slow business getting about on Majipoor without them. The road to Pidruid led along the high ridge for more than a mile, then began sudden sharp switchbacks down into the coastal plain. Valentine let the Lord Valentines Castle do most of the talking as they made the descent. I have no plans beyond Pidruid. I know purposeful evasion when I hear it. Except for the money. I neglected to provide for that part of your fantasy. They were halfway down the slope now. As he approached sea level here in late afternoon Valentine felt the offshore breezes blowing toward him, cool, fragrant, breaking the heat. Already white shoals of fog were rolling toward the shore out of the west, and there was a salty tang to the air, thick Lord Valentines Castle it was now with water that had embraced the fishes and sea-dragons only hours before. Valentine was awed by the size of the city that lay before him. He could not remember ever having seen a larger one; but there was so much, after all, that he could not remember. This was the edge of the continent. All of Zimro el lay at his back, and for all he knew he had walked it from end to end, from one of the eastern ports indeed, Ni-moya or Piliplok, except that he knew himself to be a young man, not very young but young enough, and he Lord Valentines Castle that it was Lord Valentines Castle to have made such a journey on foot in one lifetime, and he had no recollection of having been on any sort of mount until this afternoon. It did not matter. He was here now, and he felt no restlessness; since Pidruid was where he had somehow arrived, Pidruid was where he would stay, until there was reason to go elsewhere. The world was so big it did not bear thinking about, three great continents, two enormous seas, a place that one could comprehend fully only in dreams, and even then not bring much of the truth of it away into the waking world. They said this Lord Valentine the Coronal lived in a castle eight thousand years old, with five rooms for Lord Valentines Castle year of its existence, and that the castle sat upon a mountain so tall it pierced the sky, a colossal peak thirty miles high, on whose slopes were fifty cities as big as Pidruid. Such a thing as that did not bear much thought either. I will live in this city of Pidruid, Valentine thought, and I will Lord Valentines Castle a way to pay for my food and lodging, and I will be happy. And naturally everything in town is full, this being festival time and the Coronal already here. So where will you sleep, Valentine? Under a tree. On a mound of rags. In the public Lord Valentines Castle. That looks like a park there, over to the right, that stretch of green with the tall trees. Other author's books: Starman's Quest. Add comment.