Roger Zelazny bibliography
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This is a partial bibliography of American science fiction and fantasy author Roger Zelazny (missing several individual short stories published in collections).
The Chronicles of Amber
The Chronicles of Amber comprise two series of five novels each and seven short stories.
The first five books describe the adventures of Prince Corwin of Amber:
- 1970 Nine Princes in Amber
- 1972 The Guns of Avalon
- 1975 Sign of the Unicorn
- 1976 The Hand of Oberon
- 1978 The Courts of Chaos
The second series tells the story of Corwin's son Merlin (Merle), a wizard and computer expert. These volumes are:
- 1985 Trumps of Doom – Locus Fantasy Award winner, 1986[1]
- 1986 Blood of Amber – Locus Fantasy Award nominee, 1987[2]
- 1987 Sign of Chaos – Locus Fantasy Award nominee, 1988[3]
- 1989 Knight of Shadows
- 1991 Prince of Chaos
Zelazny also wrote seven short stories set in the Amber multiverse. Here they are listed in Zelazny's intended order,[4] with first publication dates.
- 2005 "A Secret of Amber" [story fragment co-written with Ed Greenwood between 1977 and 1992,[4] published in Amberzine #12–15]
- 1985 "Prolog to Trumps of Doom"
- 1994 "The Salesman's Tale"
- 1995 "Blue Horse, Dancing Mountains"
- 1994 "The Shroudling and The Guisel"
- 1995 "Coming to a Cord"
- 1996 "Hall of Mirrors"
In 2020 Amber Limited released the short stories as a collection titled Seven Tales in Amber with an introduction by Warren Lapine.
The latter five of these stories form one tale set after Prince of Chaos, so they are latest in Amber history.
All ten novels have been published in a single omnibus form as The Great Book of Amber and six of the seven short stories were collected in Manna from Heaven. A sex scene deleted from The Guns of Avalon has been published in Collected Stories, volume 3,[5] while the seven Amber short tales appear in volume 6.
Zelazny collaborated on a companion book, The Visual Guide to Castle Amber (1988), by Zelazny and Neil Randall, illustrated by Todd Cameron Hamilton and James Clouse.[6] The Guide is a reference work providing biographical detail on the Amber characters and a walk-through guide to Castle Amber itself.
John Betancourt has written a series of novels set in the Amber multiverse set several centuries before Nine Princes in Amber. Betancourt's series tells the story of Corwin's father Oberon, a wizard and shapeshifter. That the Zelazny estate authorized the series has caused some controversy; see "The Chronicles of Amber" for more details.
An interactive fiction computer game based on Nine Princes in Amber was released by Telarium in 1985. The Amber novels also inspired a unique role-playing game, lacking any random element: Amber Diceless Roleplaying, published by Phage Press.
Francis Sandow
- Isle of the Dead (1969) – Nebula Award nominee, 1969[7]
- To Die in Italbar (1973) (cameo appearance by Francis Sandow)
Wizard World
- Changeling (1980) – Locus Fantasy Award nominee, 1981[8]
- Madwand (1981)
Wizard World (1989) (omnibus)
Dilvish
- Dilvish, the Damned (1982) (a "fix-up" novel or short story collection)
- The Changing Land (1981) – Locus Fantasy Award 1982[9]
The Millennial Contest Trilogy (with Robert Sheckley)
- Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming (1991)
- If at Faust You Don't Succeed (1993)
- A Farce to Be Reckoned With (1995)