"Valley Beyond Time"
by Robert Silverberg
Form: Novella
Year: 1957
ID: 1227
Publication history:
- 1957: Science Fiction Adventures December 1957, Magazine
- 1958: Science Fantasy February 1958 (#27), Magazine
- 1973: Valley Beyond Time, Dell Mass market paperback, 223 pp.
- 1974: Valley Beyond Time, Dell Mass market paperback, 223 pp.
Other resources:
[None on record]
Comments:
Six humans and three aliens find themselves mysteriously transported to an enclosed valley, the playthings of a powerful entity called the Watcher. They find the life of an aquarium fish is not to their liking and seek escape... The characterization is adequate, if not deep, and it's a decent read. Fairly distant future setting with many inhabited planets, hyperspace travel, at least three alien races, and instantaneous (though expensive) communication across interstellar distances.