Robert Silverberg: The Happy Unfortunate: Humanity is forced to breed a new species - of humans

Written by Roger M. Olien

Narrated by philip chenevert

The Happy Unfortunate was published first in Amazing Stories in 1957 and explores the angst caused when the human race reaches into space but at the cost of needing to breed a new species; specialized 'spacers' who can withstand the tremendous rigors of acceleration. Of course they must leave behind loved ones.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Philip Chenevert
• Release date: Apr 26, 2024
• ISBN: 9798882298295

Roger M. Olien

Robert Silverberg, author, is one of science fiction’s most beloved writers, and the author of such contemporary classics as Dying Inside, Downward to the Earth and Lord Valentine’s Castle, as well as At Winter’s End. He is a past president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and the winner of five Nebula Awards and five Hugo Awards. In 2004 the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America presented him with the Grand Master Award. Silverberg is one of twenty-nine writers to have received that distinction.