Robert Silverberg wrote that he was "drawn into" writing a story for the "Heroes in Hell" project. While he remembered that the central concept of the series was "never clearly explained" to him, he noted the similarity of "Heroes in Hell" to Philip José Farmer's Riverworld works, and decided "to run my own variant on what Farmer had done a couple of decades earlier." After writing "Gilgamesh in the Outback", he decided that, since the story "was all so much fun," to write two sequels, "The Fascination of the Abomination" and "Gilgamesh in Uruk".[8] In writing those stories, as Silverberg recalled, he "never read many of the other 'Heroes in Hell' stories", and had "no idea" of how consistent his work was with that of his "putative collaborators"; instead, he had "gone his own way . . . with only the most tangential links to what others had invented."[8]
Silverberg compiled the three stories as To the Land of the Living, revising the stories to remove any references to other writers' contributions to "Heroes in Hell" to avoid copyright issues.[8]To the Land of the Living was published in the British market in 1989 and reprinted in an American edition in 1990.
References
^Brian Stableford & John Clute, "Robert Silverberg". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
^. World Science Fiction Society. Archived from the original on May 7, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
^"Nebula Nominees List". The Locus Index to SF Awards. Locus. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
^The Supernatural Index: A Listing of Fantasy, Supernatural, Occult, Weird, and Horror Anthologies, Mike Ashley & William G. Contento, Greenwood Press, 1995, p.507
gilgamesh, outback, science, fiction, novella, american, writer, robert, silverberg, sequel, historical, novel, gilgamesh, king, well, story, shared, universe, series, heroes, hell, hugo, award, best, novella, 1987, also, nominated, nebula, award, best, novell. Gilgamesh in the Outback is a science fiction novella by American writer Robert Silverberg a sequel to his historical novel Gilgamesh the King 1 as well as a story in the shared universe series Heroes in Hell It won the Hugo Award for Best Novella in 1987 and was also nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 1986 2 3 Originally published in Asimov s Science Fiction 4 5 6 it was then printed in Rebels in Hell 7 before being incorporated into Silverberg s novel To the Land of the Living Real life writers Robert E Howard and H P Lovecraft feature as characters in the novella Gilgamesh in the OutbackAuthorRobert SilverbergCover artistGary FreemanCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishGenreScience fictionPublisherAsimov s Science FictionPublication date1986Robert Silverberg wrote that he was drawn into writing a story for the Heroes in Hell project While he remembered that the central concept of the series was never clearly explained to him he noted the similarity of Heroes in Hell to Philip Jose Farmer s Riverworld works and decided to run my own variant on what Farmer had done a couple of decades earlier After writing Gilgamesh in the Outback he decided that since the story was all so much fun to write two sequels The Fascination of the Abomination and Gilgamesh in Uruk 8 In writing those stories as Silverberg recalled he never read many of the other Heroes in Hell stories and had no idea of how consistent his work was with that of his putative collaborators instead he had gone his own way with only the most tangential links to what others had invented 8 Silverberg compiled the three stories as To the Land of the Living revising the stories to remove any references to other writers contributions to Heroes in Hell to avoid copyright issues 8 To the Land of the Living was published in the British market in 1989 and reprinted in an American edition in 1990 References Edit Brian Stableford amp John Clute Robert Silverberg The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 1987 Hugo Awards World Science Fiction Society Archived from the original on May 7 2011 Retrieved June 27 2011 Nebula Nominees List The Locus Index to SF Awards Locus Retrieved June 27 2011 The Supernatural Index A Listing of Fantasy Supernatural Occult Weird and Horror Anthologies Mike Ashley amp William G Contento Greenwood Press 1995 p 507 Thomsen Brian Greenberg Martin H eds March 2006 Novel Ideas Fantasy New York NY DAW Books p Acknowledgments ISBN 978 1 101 15755 8 U S Copyright Office records via webcitation org because Copyright Office search results are time dependent U S Copyright Office records via webcitation org because Copyright Office search results are time dependent a b c Thomsen Brian Greenberg Martin H eds March 2006 Novel Ideas Fantasy New York NY DAW Books pp 205 06 story introduction ISBN 978 1 101 15755 8 External links EditGilgamesh in the Outback title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database This article about a science fiction short story or stories published in the 1980s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gilgamesh in the Outback amp oldid 1094175589, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
