About this title: Four students discover a manuscript, The Book of Skulls, which reveals the existence of a sect, now living in the Arizona desert, whose members can offer immortality to those who can complete its initiation rite. To their surprise, they discover that the sect exists, and is willing to accept them as acolytes. But for each group of four who enter ...
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Description: Burns, Jim. Good. No dust jacket as issued. VG- 196 p. 1983 paperback edition from Bantam. VERY GOOD MINUS. Jim Burns cover art. read more
Edition: 1st printing.
Binding: PB.
Publisher: NAL Signet Books Q5177., New York.
Date Published: 1972.
Description: Used paperback reading copy. First paperback edition. Decent covers; clean contents; but, well-read with a slanted and heavily creased spine. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780553230574ISBN:0553230573
Description: Good+ 12mo. {005972} The Book of Skulls by Robert Silverberg. ISBN 0553230573. Published by Bantam Books in 1983. MASS MARKET PAPERBACK 12mo Sci-Fi {Book Condition} GOOD+ {Book Condition Details} Cover: edge wear, creasing on Spine, light creasing, rubbing. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Berkley
Date Published: 1979
Description: Poor in poor dust jacket. pages are all intact but cover has a lot of wear on it, small tear on bottom of edge, crease in and along spine. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books (Mm)
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780553230574ISBN:0553230573
Description: Good. Minor shelf wear with shift to spine. Creases on spine and pages have slight age toning. GoodwillnyBooks is committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. You may return new items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Berkley
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780425040423ISBN:0425040429
Description: Acceptable. NOT an ex-library; some aging, edge wear and front hinge crease of cover; spine feels tight but has a little creasing and small slant; moderate age color on unmarked pp-color darker on pp edges and on insides of covers. read more
Edition: 1st 03/1979
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Berkley
Date Published: 1979-03-01
ISBN-13:9780425040423ISBN:0425040429
Description: Has no markings or reading creas. Mass Market Paperback: Berkley: 04042: 1st 03/1979: Has no markings or reading creases. Has several indentations on the back cover and light edge wear. Looks Unread. : Cover Artist: Alexander, Paul. read more
Edition: 1st thus 09/1972
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Signet
Description: Reading Copy or Better (a more c. Mass Market Paperback: Signet: Q5177: 1st thus 09/1972: Reading Copy or Better (a more complete description will be provided upon request): Cover Artist: None Credited. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books, New York
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780553230574ISBN:0553230573
Description: Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. The book is very solid with lightly browned pages. The cover has moderate shelf & edge wear. The spine has a light crease. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books (Mm)
Date Published: 1982-12
ISBN-13:9780553230574ISBN:0553230573
Description: Fair. Fair to Good Copy; Mild shelf and corner wear; Mild spine creases; Minor spine slant; Spine and parts of covers sunned; Mild reading crease front cover; Mild corner crease front cover; Mild browning to pages with browning and mild soiling to page edges; Minor rubbing and wear to covers and spine; Wear to back cover spine hinge; ** Free USPS tracking and confirm on US orders ** read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Berkley
Date Published: March 1979
ISBN-13:9780425040423ISBN:0425040429
Description: Used-Very Good. Science Fiction & Fantasy. 1979 Berkley edition with introduction by the author. Excellent condition for age, tanned pages, with minor binding creasing, good cover with very little edge wear, otherwise clean with tight binding. read more
"Silverberg is always proficient. But I finished this book on a sour note. Maybe it trades too much on being daring for 1972. Or maybe the 'ick' factor was too strong. The plot device is that four young men band together to find a group a mysterious cult with the power to make two of them immortal at the cost of the other two dying. None of the characters deserved eternal life, IMHO."
"A character study done in 4 parts. The story of 4 college friends who take a road trip to the southwest USA to find immortality. The book has wowed me everytime I've read it."
"Silverberg is a good SF author, and though not one of my faves, I've enjoyed his work very much. But not this book.I don't know, maybe wasn't in the mood, but I found that the internal Odyssey of the four characters just didn't touch me. Silverberg spent page after page desvribing past experiences and thoughts that have no real interest and are mundane to say the least, and in effect out of the 300+ pages of the book only about 70-80 advance the plot. A pity, because the underlying premise is very interesting. The ending also falls very, very flat.
Oh, just a note: Though Silverberg is a Sci-Fi author, this is not a SF book, even if it's classified as one."
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