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Trumps of Doom is a fantasy novel by the American writer Roger Zelazny, the first book in the second Chronicles of Amber series and the sixth book in the Amber series. Whereas the first series was narrated by Corwin, this series is narrated by his son, Merlin. Trumps of Doom won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 1986. [1]
I liked ending it with that sort of ambiguous ending.” [3] Instead, he wrote several prequels. The Illustrated Roger Zelazny includes a prequel short story, "Shadowjack", illustrated by Gray Morrow. Zelazny's collection The Last Defender of Camelot (1981, Underwood-Miller) reprints the tale "Shadowjack" but without the illustrations. This was ...
Zelazny was married twice, first to Sharon Steberl in 1964 (divorced, no children), and then to Judith Alene Callahan in 1966. Prior to this he was engaged to folk singer Hedy West for six months from 1961 to 1962. [4] Roger and Judith had two sons, Devin and Trent (an author of crime fiction), and a daughter, Shannon.
Four for Tomorrow is the first story collection by Roger Zelazny, published in paperback by Ace Books in 1967. British hardcover and paperback editions followed in 1969, under the title A Rose for Ecclesiastes.
Donnerjack is a science fiction novel begun by American author Roger Zelazny and completed after his death by his companion Jane Lindskold.It was published in 1997. [1]The original title of the book was "Donnerjack, of Virtú".
[3] Unlike other books by Zelazny, such as Lord of Light or the series The Chronicles of Amber, this novel is more poetic in style, and contains less straightforward action. However, like other novels, Zelazny incorporates ancient myth, in this case from Egyptian and some Greek myth, and weaves ultra-futuristic technology with fantasy elements.
Roger Zelazny (or possibly one of his doppelgängers) makes a cameo in his own novel as "Roger" — a cadaverous, grinning, pipe-smoking guard in Amber's dungeon who is writing a "philosophical romance shot through with elements of horror and morbidity". Some of the themes of the series as a whole are shadows, doubles and the nature of reality.
A Dark Traveling is a science fantasy novel by American writer Roger Zelazny. [1] The story uses teleportation as both fantasy and science fiction elements. It is the only novel he wrote for young adults [2] and one of three books without a heroic protagonist. [3]