roger zelazny

I first (and last) read this some 35 years ago, and recently dug out my dusty old paperback to refresh my memory in order to participate in the discussion of it held in the Classic SF forum. Zelazny was one of my favourite authors then, and I was curious to see how this unusual tale stood up to...

The multi-volume collection of Zelazny's short stories and poetry is now 6 volumes, and things are on track for the first two volumes to appear in Jan/Feb upcoming, and for the other four volumes to be published later next year. Some additional details about the project (including...

Roger Zelazny has the reputation of being one of the most interesting and innovative speculative fiction writers of his generation. His Amber novels are regarded as classics of fantasy and Damnation Alley is highly regarded to this day. Unfortunately it wasn't until recently that I got into his...

Prominent amongst Roger Zelazny's concepts in his two Amber series were the Trumps of Doom. These tarot cards allowed the characters to communicate, travel to, and even deliver objects, spells and other arcane functions to the subject on the card. If you had the ability to create...

The theme of a sentient artefact trying to become a human being begins with the legend of Pygmalion and ranges from Collodi's Pinocchio, Azimov's robots and the Star Trek android Data,… Widely acclaimed, the novelette tackles the theme in Zelaznian ways. What are the differences...

Pardon my eagerness, but I have long searched for a fantasy forum with fellow Amber fans, and now that I have found one I'm going to turn into a rabid fangirl. So who is your favourite prince/princess of Amber, and why? Julian is probably my favourite fantasy character of all-time, even though...

Hi, I'm reading Nine Princes in Amber. In chapter one, it read... Laughing Boy's wristwatch told me it was five forty-four. The metal strut was inside my belt, under the white orderly jacket, and it rubbed against my hip bone as I walked. There was a ceiling fixture about every twenty feet...

Well,2 actually. First off, how do you pronouince his name? Do you say the second z or is it just Zelaney, as my missus says it? And what book makes a good starting point?

I discovered that UNICEF NEWS, a quarterly magazine, was planning a special issue in 1975 that would include several short short stories from notable sf authors, stories that were supposed to deal with children's health 100 years in the future. They'd written to Zelazny to request a story from...

A lot of people have been asking how many uncollected or unpublished pieces exist that will be in the planned collection. I've done some preliminary counts on this which I can share here. The total number of potential items of fiction and poetry number over 300, but that includes many novel...

Roger Zelazny's short story, ''24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai'' , written in 1985, won the Hugo award in 1986. Hokusai Katsushika (1760-1849) was an acclaimed artist well know for his ukiyo-e woodblock prints. A view of the mountains near Santa Fé inspired Roger Zelazny, who was also...

What do you think of this book? Like it? Its my first of RZ and i enjoy it. The world,Hell Tanner and everything is very interesting.

One of my favs from the great man... I enjoy slaughtering beasts, and I think of my relatives constantly

I've always liked this one: Oh, basely done! I had hoped for better of thee! - Borel of Chaos This isn't exactly the Olympic Games. - Corwin

Very different from A Rose, innit? Sentences are short. Several hits on carriage-return (like this one) send words into strings of one-sentence lines. Not a word is there as ornamentation. We are immediately put in the skin of an amnesiac hospital guest, and we have the feeling that something...

Here is the complete list of Zelazny's short stories, with the name of the collection, and other details. I post this bibliography in the hope that I--for one--will finally get around to reading all of them. Has someone read everything? COMPLETE SHORT STORIES BIBLIOGRAPHY "Horseman!"...

Hi my friends, how are you all doing? It's been a while since I've had a chance to post here. Well, I'm looking for the fans of Amber who's read the book and know the characters very well to post detailed character descriptions and page numbers from the book. When my brothers and I bring the...

I can't resist posting here the link to the full text of the short story, "A Rose for Ecclesiastes", 1963. One of his first works, and the one that was acclaimed as the revelation of a new, promising SF writer, Roger Zelazny. It's the perfect occasion to read the story for those who don't know...

Which are your favourite Zelazny novels? I'm not a great fan of short stories as a rule. I've read a lot of Asimov's and a lot of John Wyndham's, some of which are truly memorable, but most authors' short stories don't do much for me. But with Zelazny it's different. He's a true master of the...

Just to whet your appetites, I believe there is going to be a new collection of Roger's previously uncollected short fiction published, following on from Manna From Heaven, don't know when though. There is also a new 5-volume collection (which may include the above, I'm not sure on the exact...