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Robert Silverberg (often known as '''Agberg''') was born in [[Brooklyn]] in 1935. Like many early [[fans]], he began submitting stories to the [[prozines]] in the late 40s and found [[fandom]] in 1949 with ''[[Spaceship]]''.  
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[[File:Bob Silverberg (1957).jpg|right|thumb|upright|'''Bob Silverberg (1957)'''.]]
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'''Bob Silverberg''' (often known as '''Agberg''' or '''Silverbob''') was an early [[fan]] who began submitting stories to the [[prozines]] in the late 1940s and found [[fandom]] in 1949. He was [[GoH]] at [[Heicon '70]], the 1970 [[Worldcon]] in [[Heidelberg]], [[Germany]].
  
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Silverberg's first published novel (in 1955) was a [[YA]] book called ''Revolt on Alpha C''.  He won the [[1956 Most Promising New Author Hugo]]. Over the next few years he was incredibly prolific, writing a million words a year, mostly for [[prozines]] and [[Ace Doubles]]. When the [[sf]] market collapsed in 1959 Silverberg turned to other fields, including carefully researched historical nonfiction and softcore porn.
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He is on the rolls of [[Most Senior Fen]] and [[Most Senior SF Writer]]s.  
  
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He was a prominent and active [[fan]] in the 60s, and wrote frequently for the [[fanzines]].  His own [[fanzine]] was called ''[[Spaceship]]'' and the early issues did not, perhaps, contain his best writing.  Perhaps his best known article was on in which he extended [[Jack Speer]]'s theory of [[Numerical Fandoms]].  Silverberg added [[Seventh Fandom]] to the theory, but probably should not be stigmatized for that.  He has been a member of [[FAPA]] continuously since November, 1949, publishing ''[[Irusaben]]'' with [[Saul Diskin]] and ''[[Spaceship]]'' and ''[[Snickersnee]]'' by himself.  He was a member of the [[ISL]], [[SAPS]] and the [[N3F]].  He was part of [[Robert Randall]].
 
  
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In the 1960s, Silverberg returned to [[SF]], writing more literary stories and novels, including ''To Open the Sky'', ''To Live Again'', ''The World Inside'', ''Downward to the Earth'' and ''Dying Inside''. His story ''Nightwings'' won the [[1969 Best Novella Hugo]]. he won a [[Nebula Award]] in 1970 for the short story "Passengers". He won two more the following year (his novel ''A Time of Changes'' and the short story "Good News from the Vatican".  and one more in 1975 for his novella "Born with the Dead".
 
  
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He was [[GoH]] at [[Heicon '70]], the 1970 [[Worldcon]] in Heidelberg, Germany.
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==Fan==
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He was one of the coiners of the indispensable word  ''[[croggle]]''.
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He is an associate member of the [[First Fandom club]], and has been nominated for the [[First Fandom Hall of Fame]].
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[[File:Fandom Harvest - interior 01 - AgBob.jpg|thumb|left|AgBob. Courtesy of Grant Canfield.]]
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He was a prominent and active [[fan]] in the 1960s, and wrote frequently for  [[fanzines]].  His own [[fanzine]] was called ''[[Spaceship]]'' and the early issues did not, perhaps, contain his best writing.  He extended [[Jack Speer]]'s theory of [[Numerical Fandoms]] in an influential [[article]], “First and Last Fans,” in ''[[Quandry]]'' 25 ([https://fanac.org/fanzines/Quandry/Quandry25.pdf October 10, 1952], p. 3).
  
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He moved from [[New York]] to the [[Bay Area]] in 1972 and announced his retirement from writing in 1975. But in 1980 he returned triumphantly with ''Lord Valentine's Castle'', the start of the popular Majipoor series.  He received another [[Nebula]] in 1986 for his novella "Sailing to Byzantium", a [[Best Novella]] [[Hugo]] in 1987 for "Gilgamesh in the Outback" and a [[Best Novelette Hugo]] in 1990 for "Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another". He won the [[1951 Best Fan Writer Retro Hugo]]. The April, 1974 issue of ''[[F&SF]]'' was a special Robert Silverberg issue.
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He has been a member of [[FAPA]] continuously since November, 1949, [[publishing]] ''[[Irusaben]]'' with [[Saul Diskin]] and ''[[Spaceship]]'' and ''[[Snickersnee]]'' by himself. In 2007, Silverberg was elected [[president]] of [[FAPA]].  
  
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Silverberg has been married twice. First to [[Barbara Brown]], in 1956. In 1987 he married fellow [[science fiction]] author [[Karen Haber]].
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He was a member of the [[ISL]], [[SAPS]] and the [[N3F]].  He ran the (unsuccessful) [[Virgincon in '65]] [[Worldcon bid]]. In 2001, he won the [[1951 Best Fan Writer Retro Hugo]].  
  
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In 2007, Silverberg was elected president of [[FAPA]].  He ran the (unsuccessful) [[Virgincon in '65]] [[Worldcon bid]]. He was one of the coiners of the indispensable word  "[[Croggle]]".
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==Pro==
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He is a member of First Fandom, and has been nominated for the First Fandom Hall of Fame.
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Silverberg's first published [[novel]] was a [[YA]] book called ''Revolt on Alpha C'' (1955).  He won the [[1956 Most Promising New Author Hugo]]. Over the next few years he was incredibly prolific, writing a million words a year, mostly for [[prozines]] and [[Ace Doubles]]. When the [[sf]] market collapsed in 1959, Silverberg turned to other fields, including carefully researched historical nonfiction and softcore porn.
  
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See his [[silverberg-1953-comments|comments]] on [[coulson-1953-reminiscence|Juanita Coulson's article on fandom in 1953]].
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In the 1960s, Silverberg returned to [[SF]], writing more literary stories and novels, including ''To Open the Sky'', ''To Live Again'', ''The World Inside'', ''Downward to the Earth'' and ''Dying Inside''. His story ''Nightwings'' won the [[1969 Best Novella Hugo]]. He won a [[Nebula Award]] in 1970 for the short story "Passengers". He won two more the following year (his novel ''A Time of Changes'' and the short story "Good News from the Vatican") and one more in 1975 for his novella "Born with the Dead". He was half of [[Robert Randall]].
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He moved from [[New York]] to the [[Bay Area]] in 1972 and announced his retirement from writing in 1975. But in 1980, he returned triumphantly with ''Lord Valentine's Castle'', the start of the popular Majipoor series.  He received another [[Nebula]] in 1986 for his novella "Sailing to Byzantium", a [[Best Novella Hugo]] in 1987 for "Gilgamesh in the Outback" and a [[Best Novelette Hugo]] in 1990 for "Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another."
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The April, 1974 issue of ''[[F&SF]]'' was a special Robert Silverberg issue. His autobiography, ''Other Space, Other Times: A Life Spent in the Future'', appeared in 2009 from NonStop Press.
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[[File:08 - Robert Silverberg - Westercon 1980.jpg|150px|right|Robert Silverberg (1980). Courtesy of Grant Canfield.]]
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==Personal Life==
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Silverberg was born in [[Brooklyn]] in 1935. He has been married twice. First to [[Barbara Brown]], in 1956. In 1987, he married fellow [[science fiction]] author [[Karen Haber]].
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===More reading:===
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* [https://www.robert-silverberg.com Official website.]
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* {{SFE|name=silverberg_robert}}.
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* [[Robert Silverberg Comments on Juanita Coulson's 1953 Article|Robert Silverberg Comments]] on [[Juanita Coulson's Reminiscence of Fandom in 1953]].
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111013073920/https://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2011/05/robert-silverberg/ Reminiscence] by [[Frederik Pohl]] from [[The Way the Future Blogs]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120118142630/https://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2011/05/robert-silverberg-part-2-agberg-and-me/ Part 2.]
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{{fanzines}}
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* ''[[Irusaben]]'' [early 50s] (for [[FAPA]]; with [[Saul Diskin]])
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* ''[[Logarithmic]]'' [1961-]
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* ''[[Snickersnee]]'' (for [[FAPA]])
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* ''[[Spaceship]]'' [1949-55] (Some issues were in [[FAPA]])
  
 
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* 1951 -- '''[[1951 Best Fan Writer Retro Hugo|Best Fan Writer Retro Hugo]]'''
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* 1956 -- '''[[1956 Most Promising New Author Hugo]]'''
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* 1956 -- '''[[1956 Most Promising New Author Hugo|Most Promising New Author Hugo]]'''
 
 
* 1957 -- [[Knight of St. Fantony]]
 
* 1957 -- [[Knight of St. Fantony]]
 
* 1968 -- [[Disclave 12]], Toastmaster at [[Baycon (Worldcon)]]
 
* 1968 -- [[Disclave 12]], Toastmaster at [[Baycon (Worldcon)]]
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* 1969 -- [[PgHLANGE 1]], '''[[1969 Best Novella Hugo|Best Novella Hugo]]'''
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* 1969 -- [[PgHLANGE 1]], '''[[1969 Best Novella Hugo]]'''
 
* 1970 -- '''[[Heicon '70]]'''
 
* 1970 -- '''[[Heicon '70]]'''
 
* 1971 -- Toastmaster at [[Noreascon]]
 
* 1971 -- Toastmaster at [[Noreascon]]
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* 1974 -- Toastmaster at [[Westercon 27]], [[Jupiter Award]]
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* 1972 -- [[1972 Open ESFA]]
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* 1974 -- Toastmaster at [[Westercon 27]], [[Jupiter Award]], ''[[F&SF]]'' special Robert Silverberg issue (April)
 
* 1975 -- [[Bubonicon 5]]
 
* 1975 -- [[Bubonicon 5]]
 
* 1976 -- [[Mancon 5]]
 
* 1976 -- [[Mancon 5]]
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* 1979 -- [[Intervention 1]]
 
* 1979 -- [[Intervention 1]]
 
* 1980 -- Toastmaster at [[Noreascon Two]]
 
* 1980 -- Toastmaster at [[Noreascon Two]]
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* 1981 -- [[ASFiCon 2]]
 
* 1982 -- [[OryCon '82]]
 
* 1982 -- [[OryCon '82]]
 
* 1983 -- [[Fantasycon VIII]], [[Jack Williamson Lectureship]]
 
* 1983 -- [[Fantasycon VIII]], [[Jack Williamson Lectureship]]
 
* 1984 -- [[Skylark Award]]
 
* 1984 -- [[Skylark Award]]
 
* 1985 -- [[Loscon 12]], [[Forry Award]], toastmaster at [[Norwescon VIII]]
 
* 1985 -- [[Loscon 12]], [[Forry Award]], toastmaster at [[Norwescon VIII]]
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* 1987 -- '''[[1987 Best Novella Hugo|Best Novella Hugo]]'''
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* 1987 -- [[Philcon 87]], '''[[1987 Best Novella Hugo]]'''
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* 1988 -- [[Westercon 41]]
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* 1988 -- [[Westercon 41]], [[Con-Version V]]
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* 1990 -- '''[[1990 Best Novelette Hugo|Best Novelette Hugo]]'''
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* 1990 -- '''[[1990 Best Novelette Hugo]]'''
 
* 1993 -- [[New Orleans SF & Fantasy Festival '93]]
 
* 1993 -- [[New Orleans SF & Fantasy Festival '93]]
 
* 1995 -- [[Norwescon XVIII]]
 
* 1995 -- [[Norwescon XVIII]]
 
* 1999 -- [[25th World Fantasy Convention]]
 
* 1999 -- [[25th World Fantasy Convention]]
 
* 2000 -- [[Big Heart Award]]  
 
* 2000 -- [[Big Heart Award]]  
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* 2001 -- [[Swancon 2001]]
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* 2001 -- [[Swancon 2001]], '''[[1951 Best Fan Writer Retro Hugo]]'''
 
* 2002 -- [[Prix Utopiales |Prix Utopia]]
 
* 2002 -- [[Prix Utopiales |Prix Utopia]]
 
* 2004 -- [[Con-Dor XI]], [[SFWA Grand Master]], [[Jack Williamson Lectureship]]
 
* 2004 -- [[Con-Dor XI]], [[SFWA Grand Master]], [[Jack Williamson Lectureship]]
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* 2019 -- [[World Fantasy Convention 2019]] ([[Toastmaster]])
 
* 2019 -- [[World Fantasy Convention 2019]] ([[Toastmaster]])
 
* 23,309 -- Silverberg has agreed to be [[Toastmaster]] of the [[Terminus in 23,309]] [[Worldcon bid]] should it win. Unless the rules are changed, the winning bid will be selected in 23,307.
 
* 23,309 -- Silverberg has agreed to be [[Toastmaster]] of the [[Terminus in 23,309]] [[Worldcon bid]] should it win. Unless the rules are changed, the winning bid will be selected in 23,307.
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{{person | website=http://www.robert-silverberg.com}}
 
  
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{{person | born=1935}}
 
[[Category:fan]]
 
[[Category:fan]]
 
[[Category:pro]]
 
[[Category:pro]]
 
[[Category:US]]
 
[[Category:US]]

Latest revision as of 15:39, 24 October 2023

(January 15, 1935 – )

Bob Silverberg (1957).

Bob Silverberg (often known as Agberg or Silverbob) was an early fan who began submitting stories to the prozines in the late 1940s and found fandom in 1949. He was GoH at Heicon '70, the 1970 Worldcon in Heidelberg, Germany.

He is on the rolls of Most Senior Fen and Most Senior SF Writers.


Fan[edit]

He was one of the coiners of the indispensable word croggle. He is an associate member of the First Fandom club, and has been nominated for the First Fandom Hall of Fame.

AgBob. Courtesy of Grant Canfield.

He was a prominent and active fan in the 1960s, and wrote frequently for fanzines. His own fanzine was called Spaceship and the early issues did not, perhaps, contain his best writing. He extended Jack Speer's theory of Numerical Fandoms in an influential article, “First and Last Fans,” in Quandry 25 (October 10, 1952, p. 3).

He has been a member of FAPA continuously since November, 1949, publishing Irusaben with Saul Diskin and Spaceship and Snickersnee by himself. In 2007, Silverberg was elected president of FAPA.

He was a member of the ISL, SAPS and the N3F. He ran the (unsuccessful) Virgincon in '65 Worldcon bid. In 2001, he won the 1951 Best Fan Writer Retro Hugo.

Pro[edit]

Silverberg's first published novel was a YA book called Revolt on Alpha C (1955). He won the 1956 Most Promising New Author Hugo. Over the next few years he was incredibly prolific, writing a million words a year, mostly for prozines and Ace Doubles. When the sf market collapsed in 1959, Silverberg turned to other fields, including carefully researched historical nonfiction and softcore porn.

In the 1960s, Silverberg returned to SF, writing more literary stories and novels, including To Open the Sky, To Live Again, The World Inside, Downward to the Earth and Dying Inside. His story Nightwings won the 1969 Best Novella Hugo. He won a Nebula Award in 1970 for the short story "Passengers". He won two more the following year (his novel A Time of Changes and the short story "Good News from the Vatican") and one more in 1975 for his novella "Born with the Dead". He was half of Robert Randall.

He moved from New York to the Bay Area in 1972 and announced his retirement from writing in 1975. But in 1980, he returned triumphantly with Lord Valentine's Castle, the start of the popular Majipoor series. He received another Nebula in 1986 for his novella "Sailing to Byzantium", a Best Novella Hugo in 1987 for "Gilgamesh in the Outback" and a Best Novelette Hugo in 1990 for "Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another."


The April, 1974 issue of F&SF was a special Robert Silverberg issue. His autobiography, Other Space, Other Times: A Life Spent in the Future, appeared in 2009 from NonStop Press.

Robert Silverberg (1980). Courtesy of Grant Canfield.

Personal Life[edit]

Silverberg was born in Brooklyn in 1935. He has been married twice. First to Barbara Brown, in 1956. In 1987, he married fellow science fiction author Karen Haber.

More reading:[edit]

Fanzines and Apazines:

Awards, Honors and GoHships:


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