# A Time of Changes

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- Book: [A Time of Changes](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-silverberg/a-time-of-changes) ([A Time of Changes.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-silverberg/a-time-of-changes.md))
- Authors: [Robert Silverberg](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-silverberg)
- Publisher: gateway
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-05-7510-625-3
- Published: 2012-03-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Three thousand years after Earth's colonisation of the planet Borthan, stories of self-serving hypocrisy that occured among the first arrivals have bred a culture that forbids emotional sharing and denies the naturally human concept of 'self'. The result is a lasting peace, but at a terrible price. For it is a peace without love, without self, where even the mention of the word 'I' is taboo. Spurred on by the arrival of an Earthman with a self-baring drug, Kinnall Darival breaks the strict code of the Covenant to record the sordid details of his rebelious life from the days of his royal youth to self-appointed prophet of love. He begins his account with the greatest of heresies: 'I am Kinnall Darival and I mean to tell you all about myself.' Winner of the Nebula Award for best novel.