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, which share the inventiveness of these early novellas, but lack some of their intensity. Most of his novels deal, one way or another, with gods and rogues, often with gods who are rogues, like Sam in Lord of Light, who reinvents Buddhism as a vehicle for political subversion against his fellow-crew members who have appointed themselves as immortal gods in a colony whose social system derives from classical Hinduism. The fantasy sequence The Amber Chronicles, which started with Nine Princes in Amber, deals with the ruling family of a Platonic realm at the heart of things, who can slide trickster-like through realities, and their wars with each other and the related ruling house of Chaos. Zelazny never entirely fulfilled his early promise--who could?--but he and his work were much loved, and a potent influence on such younger writers as George RR Martin and Neil Gaiman.
- A Night in the Lonesome October
- Amber Short Story 02 - The Salesman's Tale
- Amber Short Story 03 - Blue Horse Dancing Mountains
- Amber Short Story 04 - The Shroudling and the Guisel
- Amber Short Story 06 - Hall of Mirrors
- Damnation Alley
- Doorways in the Sand
- Lord of Light
- Millenial Contest 01 - Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming
- My Name is Legion
- Roadmarks
- The Dream Master (He Who Shapes)
- The First Chronicles of Amber 01 - Nine Princes in Amber
- The First Chronicles of Amber 02 - Guns of Avalon
- The First Chronicles of Amber 03 - Sign of the Unicorn
- The First Chronicles of Amber 04 - The Hand of Oberon
- The First Chronicles of Amber 05 - The Courts of Chaos
- The Second Chronicles of Amber 01 - Trumps of Doom
- The Second Chronicles of Amber 01 - Trumps of Doom - Prologue
- The Second Chronicles of Amber 02 - Blood of Amber
- The Second Chronicles of Amber 03 - Sign of Chaos
- The Second Chronicles of Amber 04 - Knight of Shadows
- The Second Chronicles of Amber 05 - Prince of Chaos
- The Great Book of Amber - The Complete Amber Chronicles 1-10
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