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Our fifth story for the month of January 2016 is titled The True Vintage of Erzween Zale.

It's by Robert Silverberg.

Robert Silverberg is one of the most influential figures of the post-New Wave era of the 70s

and continues to be at the forefront of the field of this very day, having won a total of

five Nebula Awards and four Hugo Awards,

plus Sifwa's prestigious Grand Master Award.

A man of many novels, his reprint anthologies are far too numerous to list here, but include

the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, volume one, the Science Fiction Hall of Fame volume two

B, and the distinguished Alpha series among dozens of others.

His most recent books are Musings and Meditations,

a book of essays, and the Millennium Express a collection. He lives with his wife, writer

Karen Haper, in Oakland, California. You can find Robert at his website Robert-Silverburg.com.

So I invite you to sit back, relax, and let me tell you a story.

Puylaine of Guiz, was a man born to every advantage life offers, for his father was the master of great

estates along the favored southern shore of the Claritand Peninsula. His mother was

descended from a long line of Wizards, who held hereditary possession of many great magics,

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