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Roger Zelazny

Born

in Euclid, Ohio, The United States

May 13, 1937

Died

June 14, 1995

Genre

Science Fiction, Fantasy, Poetry

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Roger Zelazny made his name with a group of novellas which demonstrated just how intense an emotional charge could be generated by the stock imagery of sf; the most famous of these is A Rose for Ecclesiastes in which a poet struggles to convince dying and sterile Martians that life is worth continuing. Zelazny continued to write excellent short stories throughout his career. Most of his novels deal, one way or another, with tricksters and mythology, often with rogues who become gods, like Sam in Lord of Light, who reinvents Buddhism as a vehicle for political subversion on a colony planet.

The fantasy sequence The Amber Chronicles, which started with Nine Princes in Amber, deals with the ruling family of a Platonic realm at the metaphysical ...more

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Average rating: 4.04 · 460,511 ratings · 20,178 reviews · 733 distinct works • Similar authors

	Nine Princes in Amber (The Chronicles of Amber, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 58,466 ratings — published 1970 — 128 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lord of Light 4.06 avg rating — 33,628 ratings — published 1967 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Book of Amber (The Chronicles of Amber, #1-10) 4.31 avg rating — 26,412 ratings — published 1999 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Guns of Avalon (The Chronicles of Amber, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 24,609 ratings — published 1972 — 105 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Courts of Chaos (The Chronicles of Amber, #5) by Roger Zelazny, Tim White (illustrator) 4.18 avg rating — 23,438 ratings — published 1978 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hand of Oberon (The Chronicles of Amber, #4) 4.21 avg rating — 19,990 ratings — published 1976 — 85 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sign of the Unicorn (The Chronicles of Amber, #3) 4.14 avg rating — 19,972 ratings — published 1975 — 85 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trumps of Doom (The Chronicles of Amber, #6) 4.06 avg rating — 15,889 ratings — published 1985 — 73 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood of Amber (The Chronicles of Amber, #7) 4.04 avg rating — 13,635 ratings — published 1986 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny, Gahan Wilson (Illustrator) 4.18 avg rating — 12,463 ratings — published 1993 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Roger Zelazny

The Chronicles of Amber (10 books)
by

Roger Zelazny

4.13 avg rating — 254,391 ratings

Amber: The Corwin Cycle (5 books)
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Roger Zelazny,

Tim White (illustrator)

4.14 avg rating — 161,551 ratings

Amber: The Merlin Cycle (5 books)
by

Roger Zelazny

4.02 avg rating — 63,079 ratings

Миры Роджера Желязны (24 books)
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Roger Zelazny,

И. Леонтьев (Illustrator),

Роджер Желязны (Illustrator),

В. Ковалев (Illustrator),

Олег Колесников (Translator),

А. Кузьмина (Translator)

4.07 avg rating — 14,677 ratings

Millennial Contest (3 books)
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Roger Zelazny,

Robert Sheckley

3.76 avg rating — 6,251 ratings

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Quotes by Roger Zelazny (?)

“I know, too, that death is the only god who comes when you call.”
― Roger Zelazny, Frost & Fire

tags: death, gods, mythology, suicide

571 likes

“I like libraries. It makes me feel comfortable and secure to have walls of words, beautiful and wise, all around me. I always feel better when I can see that there is something to hold back the shadows.”
― Roger Zelazny, Nine Princes in Amber

tags: books, libraries, libraries-shadows, security, words

542 likes

“Nobody steals books but your friends.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Guns of Avalon

tags: books, friendship, inspirational, irony, stealing

277 likes

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December 2023: Short Books
This month there are three identical polls. Each member has one vote in each, three votes total. Use them to select your 1st, 2nd & 3rd choices. Don't vote for the same book in each poll! Votes will be tallied & the top three will be the winners.

The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov

12 votes, 24.0%

Way Station by Clifford D. Simak

9 votes, 18.0%

This Immortal by Roger Zelazny

8 votes, 16.0%

The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy

4 votes, 8.0%

The Big Time by Fritz Leiber

4 votes, 8.0%

The High Crusade by Poul Anderson

3 votes, 6.0%

Starplex by Robert J. Sawyer

3 votes, 6.0%

The Devil is Dead by R.A. Lafferty

2 votes, 4.0%

Tower of Glass by Robert Silverberg

2 votes, 4.0%

The Weapon Makers by A.E. van Vogt

2 votes, 4.0%

Redshift Rendezvous by John E. Stith

1 vote, 2.0%

They'd Rather Be Right by Mark Clifton

0 votes, 0.0%

50 total votes

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