The Second Shield
- Form
- Short story
- Year
- 1995
Publication history
- 1995: Playboy December 1995, Magazine
- 2000: Lion Time in Timbuctoo (The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg Volume 6), Harper & Row Trade paperback, 390 pp.
- 2000: Lion Time in Timbuctoo (The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg Volume 6), Voyager Trade paperback, 400 pp.
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Comments
Max Beckerman is a world-renowned artist with a very unusual technique: he dreams sculptures into existence. Being made of the stuff of dreams,
the works are temporary, but they are so marvellous that patrons pay handsomely for them. Given the unpredictable nature of dreams, Max can't control what he creates—he wakes up in the morning and sees what he's created. A couple years ago he made a stunning shield patterned after the legend of Achilles in the Illiad. As expected, the shield eventually dissipated, and now the buyer wants a replacement, just like the old one. Max explains that his dreams can't be commanded, but the patron is very wealthy, and used to getting his way.
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