Birds of a Feather: Restored Classics to Go Edition

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J. F. Corrigan runs the Corrigan Institute, a booming interstellar "zoo" that recruits alien specimens for the one place they all dream of seeing: Earth. On Ghryne, his office is packed with hopeful applicants, desperate petitioners, and bizarre creatures whose longing for Terra is matched only by Corrigan's talent for turning it into profit. Brisk, satirical, and full of sharp alien color, the story follows Corrigan as he sorts genuine prospects from scams, all while keeping one eye on the bottom line and the other on the trouble his conscience keeps inviting. That trouble arrives in the form of Ildwar Gorb, a human-looking con man who claims to be an alien, then proves too clever to dismiss. As Corrigan battles clan vendettas, a tragic marriage plea, a faked suicide, and a humiliating police investigation, Gorb—soon revealed as Mike Higgins—keeps outmaneuvering him. Useful, charming, and dangerously ambitious, Higgins helps build the Institute's success by turning deception into spectacle, recruiting talent, and even organizing the exhibits into a union. But his real demand is a share of the business, and Corrigan realizes too late that he may have hired the one rival smart enough to take over his empire. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.
J. F. Corrigan runs the Corrigan Institute, a booming interstellar "zoo" that recruits alien specimens for the one place they all dream of seeing: Earth. On Ghryne, his office is packed with hopeful applicants, desperate petitioners, and bizarre creatures whose longing for Terra is matched only b...

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Robert Silverberg is one of the most accomplished and versatile voices in modern science fiction, a writer whose career has stretched across more than six decades and helped shape the genre's evolution from pulp adventure to serious literary exploration. Born in New York City in 1935, he began publishing at a remarkably young age and quickly built a reputation for extraordinary productivity, moving with ease from fast-paced magazine stories to ambitious novels that probed the possibilities of human change, alien contact, power, memory, and identity. Over time, he became especially known for elegant prose, psychological depth, and a restless curiosity about what happens when technology, society, and personal desire collide. His work often asks what it means to remain human in a world that is constantly transforming, a question that feels even more urgent today as readers confront artificial intelligence, ecological strain, and shifting social norms. Silverberg's influence is also visible in the way he helped expand science fiction beyond simple speculation into a form capable of literary richness and emotional complexity. His legacy endures in the generations of writers he inspired and in the continuing relevance of his ideas about adaptation, isolation, ambition, and the limits of knowledge. Readers who enjoy thoughtful, imaginative fiction with philosophical depth, vivid storytelling, and a strong sense of wonder will find Silverberg especially rewarding.

Robert Silverberg is one of the most accomplished and versatile voices in modern science fiction, a writer whose career has stretched across more than six decades and helped shape the genre's evolution from pulp adventure to serious literary exploration. Born in New York City in 1935, he began pu...

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