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Is there any particular reason why the picture is gone...? Just wondering. I know there was one the other day, and there's a redlink showing up now, so there WAS one, I'd kind of just like to know where it went. Runa27 20:00, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
Additional source(s) of titles: [1], [2]. -- DocumentN ( talk) 22:46, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
I know this is kind of nitpicking, but I removed the adjective 'prolific' from the opening, not necessarily that he isn't, its just that what is the answer when one asks, "How many books do you have to write to be called prolific?". Mobus ( talk) 22:53, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
His total output is somewhere around 500 books. I would class that as being "prolific," because I'm Robert Silverberg (really and truly) and I wrote all that stuff. ----Robert Silverberg
I've rated this as high importance to the SF project, due to his high output, many awards, and influential editing. But only start class, cos no references at all :-(. Yobmod ( talk) 10:10, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
The link to the Lord of Darkness novel lead to the wiki entry of Devil and not to the book's entry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.109.136.46 ( talk) 07:40, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
he needs a separate bibliography page, with full isbn/pub info, as well as the separate articles. Mercurywoodrose ( talk) 21:48, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
There is no mention to Flies from Dangerous Visions. Any reason? WikiWhiteRabbit ( talk) 10:18, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
I find it awkward that the book publication and other events in this section are somewhat out of chronological order:
Dying Inside is from 1975 -- the jump to 1969 seems jarring (and not in an entertaining time-travel story way).
True, the second paragraph lists books, the third paragraph lists awards ... still, I think the section could be better written using strict chronology. I'm not sure I have the time to do it properly, so I'll leave it to others.
Karl gregory jones ( talk) 00:12, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
This article could use some information on the personal life of Silverberg, e.g. spouse[s], religious beliefs, political beliefs, etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.187.97.3 ( talk) 16:54, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
Background on the removal of the "regrets" passage here, here and here. GreenReaper ( talk) 21:23, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
We say under Early years, "In 1959 the market for science fiction collapsed, and Silverberg turned his ability to write copiously to other fields, from carefully researched historical nonfiction to softcore pornography."
A glance at Robert Silverberg#Non-fiction shows that he was incredibly productive, but wrote next to nothing about science fiction (or pornography) as a subject, until 1972, the year he moved from East to West Coast. Afterward we list only two nonfiction works, both books about science fiction, 1974 and 1997. Like turning off the tap.
Is that accurate so far as it goes? Are these children's books to 1972? If children's books we should at least explain that. If at a higher level we should probably do more.
I added "Subjects: Geography, history, nature" to the infobox, based only on scanning the list.
What about pornography (fiction or nonfiction, presumably for adults)? Five years ago, User:Yobmod writes above ( #NPOV), "isn't there a lot of semi-pornographic romance he wrote under pseudonyms?" Is that so? Are "semi-porn romance" (implies fiction) and "softcore porn" (we say in the article)both across some line where there is nothing to be said but a half-sentence, no particular book notable? Even so we should identify major pseudonyms under which he wrote that, and whether he quit porn promptly in 1972 or whenever.
-- P64 ( talk) 20:13, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
See the revision history, Apr–Nov 2013)
The primary image was updated by User:Canoe1967 both 2013-07-24 and 2013-07-31 --from Worldcon 2005, eyes cast downward, to Worldcon 2009, typical portrait --later to one acquired from Karen Silverberg and newly added to EN.wikipedia, eyes cast downward.
First, is the current image more appropriate? If so, why? Second, the current image is provided with documentation available only to OTRS volunteers. If we retain it, one of them (who do not now include Canoe1967) should check the documentation and ascertain the date --preferably the photo date but the date of acquisition from K.S. or date of upload to wherever is better than no date.
-- P64 ( talk) 19:43, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
It has been widely reported that Silverberg is now the only person to have attended every Hugo Awards ceremony since their inception: the claim is made in a wide variety of places. Is this a fact notable enough to include in the article? Obviously the day will come when it isn't true -- either death or circumstance will prevent him from attending one -- and then I don't know if it stays in that he attended every ceremony from 1953 to 20XX. So I know, I know, WP:BE BOLD, but I figured I'd ask here first in case anyone had any strong opinions one way or the other. :-) Jwrosenzweig ( talk) 07:22, 9 September 2016 (UTC)
He's of Jewish heritage, isn't he? 173.88.241.33 ( talk) 07:05, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
Is he using "Robert K. Silverberg" pen name for the Majipoor series? Some of his books are credited with this name on Amazon and Penguin Random House, although I found no reference a middle name:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/311081/lord-valentines-castle-by-robert-k-silverberg/
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/230733/robert-k-silverberg -Paul- ( talk) 19:11, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
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www.goodreads.com indicates Silverberg used an additional pseudonym, David Challon, for e.g., Campus Love Club, Thirst for Love, Suburban Affair, and Campus Hellcat. I would expect those, too, to be "outstanding erotic novels". GeorgeTSLC ( talk) 03:35, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
That must be some kind of world record... -- ExperiencedArticleFixer ( talk) 22:55, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
The article says a citation is needed for this. I think that p.231-4 of Frederik Pohl's "The Way the Future Was" fits this quite nicely. Also, the wording on this could be better: according to Pohl many SF magazines went under at that time due to the loss of the nationwide distributor American News Company. So the market was still there, but many magazines no longer had a distributor to deliver their product to the news and magazine stands. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Walmacd ( talk • contribs) 15:03, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
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Is there any particular reason why the picture is gone...? Just wondering. I know there was one the other day, and there's a redlink showing up now, so there WAS one, I'd kind of just like to know where it went. Runa27 20:00, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
Additional source(s) of titles: [1], [2]. -- DocumentN ( talk) 22:46, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
I know this is kind of nitpicking, but I removed the adjective 'prolific' from the opening, not necessarily that he isn't, its just that what is the answer when one asks, "How many books do you have to write to be called prolific?". Mobus ( talk) 22:53, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
His total output is somewhere around 500 books. I would class that as being "prolific," because I'm Robert Silverberg (really and truly) and I wrote all that stuff. ----Robert Silverberg
I've rated this as high importance to the SF project, due to his high output, many awards, and influential editing. But only start class, cos no references at all :-(. Yobmod ( talk) 10:10, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
The link to the Lord of Darkness novel lead to the wiki entry of Devil and not to the book's entry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.109.136.46 ( talk) 07:40, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
he needs a separate bibliography page, with full isbn/pub info, as well as the separate articles. Mercurywoodrose ( talk) 21:48, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
There is no mention to Flies from Dangerous Visions. Any reason? WikiWhiteRabbit ( talk) 10:18, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
I find it awkward that the book publication and other events in this section are somewhat out of chronological order:
Dying Inside is from 1975 -- the jump to 1969 seems jarring (and not in an entertaining time-travel story way).
True, the second paragraph lists books, the third paragraph lists awards ... still, I think the section could be better written using strict chronology. I'm not sure I have the time to do it properly, so I'll leave it to others.
Karl gregory jones ( talk) 00:12, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
This article could use some information on the personal life of Silverberg, e.g. spouse[s], religious beliefs, political beliefs, etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.187.97.3 ( talk) 16:54, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
Background on the removal of the "regrets" passage here, here and here. GreenReaper ( talk) 21:23, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
We say under Early years, "In 1959 the market for science fiction collapsed, and Silverberg turned his ability to write copiously to other fields, from carefully researched historical nonfiction to softcore pornography."
A glance at Robert Silverberg#Non-fiction shows that he was incredibly productive, but wrote next to nothing about science fiction (or pornography) as a subject, until 1972, the year he moved from East to West Coast. Afterward we list only two nonfiction works, both books about science fiction, 1974 and 1997. Like turning off the tap.
Is that accurate so far as it goes? Are these children's books to 1972? If children's books we should at least explain that. If at a higher level we should probably do more.
I added "Subjects: Geography, history, nature" to the infobox, based only on scanning the list.
What about pornography (fiction or nonfiction, presumably for adults)? Five years ago, User:Yobmod writes above ( #NPOV), "isn't there a lot of semi-pornographic romance he wrote under pseudonyms?" Is that so? Are "semi-porn romance" (implies fiction) and "softcore porn" (we say in the article)both across some line where there is nothing to be said but a half-sentence, no particular book notable? Even so we should identify major pseudonyms under which he wrote that, and whether he quit porn promptly in 1972 or whenever.
-- P64 ( talk) 20:13, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
See the revision history, Apr–Nov 2013)
The primary image was updated by User:Canoe1967 both 2013-07-24 and 2013-07-31 --from Worldcon 2005, eyes cast downward, to Worldcon 2009, typical portrait --later to one acquired from Karen Silverberg and newly added to EN.wikipedia, eyes cast downward.
First, is the current image more appropriate? If so, why? Second, the current image is provided with documentation available only to OTRS volunteers. If we retain it, one of them (who do not now include Canoe1967) should check the documentation and ascertain the date --preferably the photo date but the date of acquisition from K.S. or date of upload to wherever is better than no date.
-- P64 ( talk) 19:43, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
It has been widely reported that Silverberg is now the only person to have attended every Hugo Awards ceremony since their inception: the claim is made in a wide variety of places. Is this a fact notable enough to include in the article? Obviously the day will come when it isn't true -- either death or circumstance will prevent him from attending one -- and then I don't know if it stays in that he attended every ceremony from 1953 to 20XX. So I know, I know, WP:BE BOLD, but I figured I'd ask here first in case anyone had any strong opinions one way or the other. :-) Jwrosenzweig ( talk) 07:22, 9 September 2016 (UTC)
He's of Jewish heritage, isn't he? 173.88.241.33 ( talk) 07:05, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
Is he using "Robert K. Silverberg" pen name for the Majipoor series? Some of his books are credited with this name on Amazon and Penguin Random House, although I found no reference a middle name:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/311081/lord-valentines-castle-by-robert-k-silverberg/
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/230733/robert-k-silverberg -Paul- ( talk) 19:11, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
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www.goodreads.com indicates Silverberg used an additional pseudonym, David Challon, for e.g., Campus Love Club, Thirst for Love, Suburban Affair, and Campus Hellcat. I would expect those, too, to be "outstanding erotic novels". GeorgeTSLC ( talk) 03:35, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
That must be some kind of world record... -- ExperiencedArticleFixer ( talk) 22:55, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
The article says a citation is needed for this. I think that p.231-4 of Frederik Pohl's "The Way the Future Was" fits this quite nicely. Also, the wording on this could be better: according to Pohl many SF magazines went under at that time due to the loss of the nationwide distributor American News Company. So the market was still there, but many magazines no longer had a distributor to deliver their product to the news and magazine stands. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Walmacd ( talk • contribs) 15:03, 11 October 2021 (UTC)