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Title details for A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg - Available

A Time of Changes

by Robert Silverberg
Grover Gardner
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Set in the distant future, when human beings populate a variety of planets, A Time of Changes examines the society of Borthan. For thousands of years, Borthan has been ruled by a covenant that teaches that the individual self is to be despised. The sharing of personal thoughts and feelings with another represents the most heinous crime. Kinnall Darival, an exiled prince of the country of Salla, has always outwardly observed this covenant. But inwardly, he commits a grave offense when he falls in love with his bondsister, Halum. By law, he cannot reveal his affections, nor act on them. But when an Earthman reveals to him a miraculous drug that enables two persons to completely bare their souls to each other, Kinnall begins a covert revolution.

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  • Release date

    June 22, 2005

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781481560023
      • File size: 219627 KB
      • Duration: 07:37:33

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Text Difficulty: 8-12

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Parker, a veteran audiobook narrator, reads this Nebula Award-winning novel in a slightly stilted, forthright manner. He has perfect diction and unimpeachable phrasing, and uses pacing and intonation to add interest and variety. On an unknown planet, Kinnall Darival inwardly rebels against the Covenant of Borthan, with whom he takes refuge after his brother inherits the throne. The Covenant teaches that the self is to be despised. Kinnall's struggles and his relationship with his bondsister, Halum, and an "Earthman" are the focus of the story. Psychologically intense, Parker's presentation neither adds nor detracts from Silverberg's work. S.C.A. (c) AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine
    • AudioFile Magazine
      I am Kinnal Darival and I mean to tell you all about myself. Thus begins Robert Silverberg's Nebula-winning novel. The line is uttered by a character from a future human culture that has successfully shed all reference to the self. In this culture, referring to one's self is considered obscene and worthy of punishment. While his main character explores and discovers the value of the individual, Silverberg paints a rich, detailed, and fascinating picture of this new world. Keith Bradbury performs the first-person narrative with convincing skill, unfolding the foreign world layer by layer while demonstrating Darival's desire for individuality. S.D. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Text Difficulty:8-12

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