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Zelazny, Roger

Zelazny, Roger

Author Biography & Works

Roger Joseph Zelazny was an American fantasy and science fiction writer known for his short stories and novels focusing on mythology and various religions; he is perhaps best known for The Chronicles of Amber series. He won the Nebula Award three times and the Hugo Award six times, including two Hugos for novels: the serial novel ...And Call Me Conrad (1965), subsequently published as This Immortal (1966), and Lord of Light (1967).

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Books by Zelazny, Roger

Lord Of Light

Lord Of Light

Zelazny may be famous in the fantasy world for his Amber series, but his best work may just be his stand alone novel, Lord of Light. It's a work that's...

The Dream Master

The Dream Master

Expanded from the Nebula Award winning novella, "He Who Shapes", this is a story about using dreams to both escape and change the world. Charles Render is the inventor of...

Isle Of The Dead

Isle Of The Dead

(Francis Sandow) Start here

Zelazny wrote a few stories about immortals, and Francis Sandow is one of them. He was born in the 20th century and ended up in suspended animation on a spaceship....

Rose For Ecclesiastes (cover not available)

Rose For Ecclesiastes

This novelette is one of the best works of fiction that Roger Zelazny wrote. It concerns a poet who visits Mars to learn the language of the Martians. The Martians...

Doorways In The Sand

Doorways In The Sand

The book reads more like a science fiction caper, where art is stolen and must be retrieved. In this case alien civilizations have swapped their star-stone for some of the...

Creatures of Light and Darkness

Creatures of Light and Darkness

Draws on Egyptian myth and set in a future where humanity stretches across the stars and has the ability to take on the personas of Egyptian deities.

This Immortal or ...And Call me Conrad (cover not available)

This Immortal or ...And Call me Conrad

Humans just about destroyed Earth until an alien species stepped in to help. This is a post-apocalyptic novel that also deals with history, myth, politics, and the ruling class.

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