Nightwings
by Robert Silverberg
Form: Novel
Year: 1969
ID: 799
Publication history:
- 1969: Schwingen der Nacht, Heyne Mass market paperback, in German
- 1969: Nightwings, Avon Mass market paperback, 190 pp.
- 1970: Nightwings, Walker Hard cover book
- 1972: Nightwings, Sidgwick & Jackson Hard cover book
- 1973: Nachtvleugels, Luitingh-Sijthoff , 232 pp., in Dutch
- 1973: Ali della Notte, Mass market paperback, in Italian
- 1974: Nightwings, Sphere Mass market paperback, ISBN 0-7221-7834-4, 192 pp.
- 1974: Science Fiction Special 10, Sidgwick & Jackson Mass market paperback
- 1975: Les ailes de la nuit, J'ai lu Mass market paperback, 224 pp., in French
- 1976: Nightwings, Avon Mass market paperback, 190 pp.
- 1977: 夜の翼, 早川書房 (Hayakawa) Mass market paperback, ISBN 978-4150102500, 303 pp., in Japanese
- 1978: Nightwings, Sphere Mass market paperback, 192 pp.
- 1979: Nightwings, Avon Mass market paperback, ISBN 0-380-41467-8, 190 pp.
- 1981: A Robert Silverberg Omnibus, Harper & Row Hard cover book
- 1981: A Robert Silverberg Omnibus (The Man in the Maze/Nightwings/Downward to the Earth), Science Fiction Book Club Hard cover book, 497 pp.
- 1983: Nightwings, Avon Mass market paperback, ISBN 0-380-41467-8, 190 pp.
- 1983: Nightwings, Sphere Mass market paperback, ISBN 0-7221-7825-5, 192 pp.
- 1983: Schwingen der Nacht, Heyne Mass market paperback, in German
- 1983: Schwingen der Nacht, Heyne Mass market paperback, in German
- 1987: Nightwings, Futura Orbit Mass market paperback, ISBN 0708882358
- 1987: Nightwings, Durkin Hayes Audio Audio cassette, ISBN 0886462134
- 1987: Nightwings, Avon Mass market paperback, 190 pp.
- 1991: The Book of Skulls/Nightwings/Dying Inside, QPB Trade paperback, 222 pp.
- 1994: Ysiivet, Oy Mass market paperback, ISBN 951-611-697-3, in Finnish
- 1996: Chute dans le réel, Omnibus Hard cover book, ISBN 2258040590, 1070 pp., in French as Les ailes de la nuit
- 1998: Edge of Light: The Robert Silverberg Omnibus, Voyager Mass market paperback, ISBN 0006480381, 800 pp.
- 1998: Krdla Noci, Mass market paperback, ISBN 8085911183, in Czech as Krdla noci
- 1999: Les Ailes de la nuit, J'ai lu Mass market paperback, ISBN 2277115851, 212 pp., in French as Les ailes de la nuit
- 1999: Nightwings, Peanut Press Online
- 2000: Krilya Nochi, Mass market paperback, 383 pp., in Russian
- 2000: Nightwings, Fictionwise Online
- 2000: Nightwings, Bookface Online
- 2001: Nightwings, iBooks Trade paperback, ISBN 0743474465, 218 pp.
- 2003: Nightwings, Mass market paperback
- 2003: Other Dimensions, Science Fiction Book Club Hard cover book
- 2004: Alas Nocturnas, Edhasa Trade paperback, ISBN 8435020878, in Spanish
Blurb:
(from Avon 1969)
The Watcher had spent the decades of his life scanning the vast depths of space for invaders. And then they came and conquered, and his purpose in life was done.
As the conquerors established control and men collaborated, or went into hiding, or resisted sullenly, the Watcher began to travel. He studied ancient mysteries and prepared himself for a destiny he could not foresee. In the ancient holy city called Jorslem he hoped his youth might be returned to him, and he might claim the slim young girl he had come to love.
But much more than his own destiny awaited him in Jorslem. For the girl was much more than she seemed...
Other resources:
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Comments:
A wonderful , , and . See the individual entries for a description of the plot and setting.
made up of the three linked storiesThe Hitchhiker's Guide to Science Fiction has a number of listings dealing with Nightwings.