Mixeda sort of a so-so book, short story collection by Silverberg, although there is an interesting essay in here where he's talking about how much he hates science fiction... The rest of it I think is pretty forgettable.
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Capricorn games (1976)
Others: Mixed A woman attends a very strange party that includes a billionaire, a mind reader, a Byzantine Duke, and a man who has lived 1000 years, from whom she tries to find the secret to a long life. Contents: Ship-Sister, Star-Sister A Sea of Faces The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Ms. Found in an Abandoned Time Machine Ishmael in Love Getting Across The Dybbuk of Mazel Tov IV Capricorn Games Breckenridge and the Continuum
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- 9780330256315
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- 180 pages
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