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Title: The Happy Unfortunate

Author: Robert Silverberg

Narrator: Edward Miller

Format: Unabridged

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-06-17

Publisher: Audioliterature

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Two sci-fi stories by respected sci-fi author Robert Silverberg, "The Happy Unfortunate", published in 1957, and "The Hunted Heroes", published in 1956. Both stories pit humanity against severe odds for survival; both in space ("The Happy Unfortunate") and on ravaged Earth ("The Hunted Heroes").

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Members Reviews:

Five Stars

I really like it.

oh my!

Basically, take some parts if Starman's Quest and repackage it into a slightly altered short story and you have this.... dreak. If you're a fan of 50's pulp fiction - don't bother. If you're a fan of Silverberg's, abide by his wishes and don't bother. It is amazing that the story sold in the first place. This is a case where a lapsed copywrite simply ended up as a copywrong. It was best left buried where Project Guttenberg found it - in the dusty bins of history.

Jolly nice short story

All Silverberg's shorts that I've read so far have been pleasant easy reads. I shall continue to include him in my evening reading...

Author Disclaims the Story

This is a very early story of mine, more than fifty years old, that a pirate publisher has put up for sale without my permission. I didn't want it reissued. You buy it at your own risk.

Robert Silverberg

Unfortunate to have paid for this

This is a short story written in 1957. Not one of Silverberg's best. Humans have divided into two races: spacers (big and ugly) and earthers(small with lots of surgical changes). Not much plot. Everyone is unhappy.