The Face of the Waters

The Face of the Waters
Cover of first edition (hardcover)
Author	Robert Silverberg
Cover artist	Jim Burns
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction novel
Publisher	Grafton
Publication date	1991
Media type	Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages	363 pp
ISBN	0-246-13718-5
OCLC	59782573

The Face of the Waters is a science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg, first published in 1991.

Plot introduction

The Face of the Waters takes place in the far future, on a penal colony, inhabited by convicts and their progeny. The planet is Hydros, an ocean planet whose inhabitants live on artificial floating islands.

After a human offense against the natives of Hydros, the human population of the island of Sorve are ordered to leave. Forbidden on all other islands, in a flotilla of ships they seek the semi-mythical island of the Face of the Waters. During their journey they are forced to learn more about themselves, leading to questions about both religion and the purpose of Man. At the end of the novel Robert Silverberg addresses what it means to be human.

Bibliography of Robert Silverberg

Novels	Revolt on Alpha C The Shrouded Planet Starman's Quest The Dawning Light Collision Course The Seed of Earth Time of the Great Freeze Conquerors from the Darkness The Gate of Worlds Planet of Death Thorns Those Who Watch The Time Hoppers The Man in the Maze Hawksbill Station The Masks of Time Downward to the Earth Across a Billion Years Nightwings To Live Again Up the Line Tower of Glass Son of Man The Second Trip The World Inside A Time of Changes The Book of Skulls Dying Inside Shadrach in the Furnace Gilgamesh the King Gilgamesh in the Outback Nightfall The Face of the Waters Kingdoms of the Wall The Positronic Man Starborne Roma Eterna

Short story collections	Lest We Forget Thee Earth The Cube Root of Uncertainty

Anthologies edited	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume One, 1929-1964 New Dimensions 1 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two Epoch Strange Gifts Alpha 9 Dawn of Time The Best of Randall Garrett Legends Legends II Far Horizons Deep Space: Eight Stories of Science Fiction

Non-fiction	Lost Cities and Vanished Civilizations

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