Title: Taut, engaging - Silverberg at his best
Review: The Masks of Time (a.k.a. Vornan-19) is one of my favorite Silverberg novels, one of a string of brilliant works he wrote in the late 60s / early 70s.In 1999, on the eve of the millenium, a stranger named Vornan appears mysteriously on Earth, claiming to be a visitor from the future. The government, looking for anything to distract attention from the riots of the Apocalypse cults, welcomes Vornan and sends him on a worldwide tour of Earth in the company of several prominent scientists, each of whom is either trying to debunk him or pump him for information on the future.Short (about 200 pages), engaging, with cleanly drawn and compelling characters, this is Silverberg at his best, and should be a model for aspiring writers of any genre - tell the story well and be done with it.
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