"The Desert of Stolen Dreams"
by Robert Silverberg
Form: Novella
Year: 1981
ID: 238
Publication history:
- 1981: The Desert of Stolen Dreams, Underwood Hard cover book, ISBN 0-934438-45-5, 96 pp.
- 1981: Fantasy & Science Fiction June 1981, Magazine
- 1982: Majipoor Chronicles, Arbor House Hard cover book, 314 pp.
- 1982: Majipoor Chronicles, Priam Trade paperback, 314 pp.
- 1982: Majipoor Chronicles, Science Fiction Book Club Hard cover book, 277 pp.
- 1982: Majipoor Chronicles, Gollancz Hard cover book, 314 pp.
- 1983: Chroniques de Majipoor, Laffont Hard cover book, ISBN 2221009797, 331 pp., in French
- 1983: Crónicas de Majipur, Acervo Hard cover book, ISBN 8470023616, in Spanish
- 1983: Majipoor Chronicles, Bantam Mass market paperback, ISBN 0-553-22928-1, 281 pp.
- 1983: Majipoor Chronicles, Pan Mass market paperback, 317 pp.
- 1984: Majipoor Chronicles, Bantam Mass market paperback, 281 pp.
- 1985: Baker's Dozen: 13 Short Science Fiction Novels, Bonanza/Crown Trade paperback
- 1986: The Mammoth Book of Short Science Fiction Novels, Robinson Hard cover book
- 1988: Majipoor Chronicles, Pan Mass market paperback, ISBN 0330281178, 317 pp.
- 1989: Majipoor Chronicles, Bantam Mass market paperback, ISBN 0553255304, 281 pp.
- 1992: Majipoor Chronicles, Pan Mass market paperback, 317 pp.
- 1995: Crónicas de Majipur, Ultramar Mass market paperback, ISBN 847386493X, in Spanish
- 1995: El Laberinto de Majipur, Ultramar Mass market paperback, ISBN 8473864883, in Spanish
- 1995: Majipoor Chronicles, Pan Mass market paperback, ISBN 0330281178
- 1995: Das Seelenregister, Lübbe Mass market paperback, ISBN 3404241991, 476 pp., in German
- 1996: Majipoor Chronicles, Harper & Row Mass market paperback, ISBN 0061054852, 400 pp.
- 1998: Het Labyrint van Majipoor, Luitingh-Sijthoff Trade paperback, ISBN 90-245-1428-2, 560 pp., in Dutch
- 1999: Valentine of Majipoor, Science Fiction Book Club Hard cover book, 806 pp.
- 1999: Majipoor Chronicles, Science Fiction Book Club Hard cover book, 277 pp.
- 2000: Majipoor Chronicles, Voyager Mass market paperback, ISBN 0006483798, 400 pp.
- 2000: Majipoor Chronicles, Fictionwise Online
- 2001: Хроники Маджипура, Eksmo Эксмо Hard cover book, 528 pp., in Russian
- 2002: Chroniques de Majipoor, LGF Mass market paperback, ISBN 2253041203, 445 pp., in French
Other resources:
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Comments:
This story is Chapter 5 of Majipoor Chronicles.
Dekkeret, a young knight-to-be of the Coronal Prestimion's retinue, sails to the arid southern continent of Suvrael on a mission of personal atonement after a hunting accident. He hires a shady character named Barjazid as a guide on an expedition to the interior, a route which has taken many lives and is said to be haunted. As the trip progresses, Dekkeret is plagued by dreams that threaten his very life. When he discovers the source of the life on Majipoor will never be the same. Some of the events of this story, told from different perspectives, are related in Lord Prestimion and King of Dreams.