Amber is the one true world of which all others are but shadows. Collected here in one binding are seven tales of Amber. It was Zelazny’s intent to use these short stories to tie up unfinished threads from his amazing Chronicles of Amber. This edition is sure to be a treat for the legion of Amber fans.“A storyteller without peer. He created worlds as colorful and exotic and memorable as any our genre has ever seen.” —George R.R. Martin“… his performance was never anything other than dazzling.” —Robert Silverberg“Roger Zelazny’s work excited me. It was intoxicating and delightful and unique. And it was smart.” —Neil Gaiman**

The three stories presented here were written specially for this book. They are the outcome of an unusual sort of literary challenge.Arthur C. Clarke, one of the world's best-known science-fiction authors, whose works include the novel Childhood's End and the screenplay for Stanley Kubrick's motion picture 2001: A Space Odyssey, was asked to write a brief essay setting forth a general theme for a science-fiction story. Clarke's theme then was offered to Robert Silverberg, Roger Zelazny, and James Blish, three award-winning science-fiction writers; each was told to use it as the basis for a short novel, and each was given no hint of the approaches the others were taking.The result is a trio of stories that differ markedly in style, technique, and tone, while demonstrating in three individual ways the uncomfortable possibilities that the future may hold for us.

The most playful - and arguably most accessible - novel by the master of inventive SF.Humanity is not alone in the cosmos. The aliens have given a precious relic to the people of Earth: star-stone. But the harmony of the galaxy is endangered when they discover that the star-stone has disappeared.Likeable Fred Cassidy is an eternal undergraduate. All he thinks he knows about the star-stone is that it came to Earth in an interplanetary trade for the Mona Lisa and the British Crown jewels. When Fred is accused of stealing the cosmic artefact, he is pursued from Australia to Greenwich Village and beyond, by telepathic psychologists, extra-terrestrial hoodlums and galactic police in disguise. Follow Fred on his adventures as he enters multiple realities, flipping in and out of alien perspectives, through doorways in the sand.“Ingenious.”  The New York Times “That rarest of creatures in science fiction, the original character, emerges in Roger Zelazny’s Doorways in the Sand.”  Chicago Daily News “One of the highest tributes I have ever heard paid to a writer lies in the words of a young lady who said, ‘I knew, halfway through the second paragraph, that I was in good hands.’ Science fiction has produced many such hands, and I genuinely envy those who encounter Roger Zelazny.” Theodore Sturgeon, The New York Times Book Review

After years of unprepossessing folderol--the wearisome Nine Princes in Amber retreads are depressingly typical--Zelazny bursts forth with, well, ``Victorian light supernatural fantasy'' just about covers it. Narrator Snuff, a guard dog who performs complex thaumaturgical calculations in his head, has many duties: to keep various Things firmly trapped in mirrors, wardrobes, and steamer trunks; to accompany his master, Jack--he of the magical blade--on weird collecting expeditions into the graveyards and slums of Victorian London; and--for a single hour each night--discuss the day's goings-on in human speech. Snuff's neighbors include: Jill the witch and her familiar, Graymalk the cat, with whom Snuff forms a friendly alliance; Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Frankenstein, Dracula, a werewolf, and a satanic vicar. The witches, detectives, doctors, vampires, etc., along with their equally industrious familiars, trade information and scheme for advantage as the full moon of Halloween approaches; at that time, a magical showdown to decide the fate of the Earth will occur. Some of the characters are ``openers,'' determined to open a magical doorway allowing the Old Gods to reoccupy the Earth; others are ``closers,'' equally resolved to keep the magical door nailed shut; and a few are involved yet stand outside the Game altogether. Snuff's problem is to discover who is which. Sparkling, witty, delightful: Zelazny's best for ages, perhaps his best ever.

Seeking vengeance against his usurping brother, Eric, Corwin, the rightful heir to the throne, ventures into the dark world of Shadow in order to gather ammunition, and is distracted by a beautiful and mysterious woman.

Earth is long since dead. On a colony planet, a band of men has gained control of technology, made themselves immortal, and now rule their world as the gods of the Hindu pantheon. Only one dares oppose them: he who was once Siddhartha and is now Mahasamatman. Binder of Demons, Lord of Light.

Here is the first new adventure in the classic Amber series in over five years — the first book in a brand-new trilogy from multi-award-winning author Roger Zelazny. Amber, the one real world, of which all others — including our own Earth — are but Shadows…  Merle Corey is a brilliant young computer designer in San Francisco. But he is also Merlin, son of Corwin, vanished prince of Amber — heir to his father’s wondrous powers — and someone is determined to kill him. Now he will begin a desperate race through Shadow to escape the mysterious force that threatens his life… and to protect the deadly secret that could destroy both his worlds.

Pursued by a fiendish enemy, Merle must battle through an intricate web of vengeance and murder that threatens more than the San Francisco Bay area. For Merle Corey of California is also Merlin, son of Corwin, vanished Prince of Amber; and the forces, seeking to destroy the royal house, have unleashed sorceries that can strike anywhere, especially at the very heart of Amber.

The last in a six-volume series Volume 6: The Road To Amber, the last in the series, covers the final five years of Zelazny's career in the early 1990s, when he reached for new ideas and continued familiar themes with stories such as "Godson" and "Godson: A Play in Three Acts," two more Wild Cards stories ("Concerto for Siren and Serotonin" and "The Long Sleep"), and a linked sequence of five Amber stories leading to planned but unwritten Amber novels. The Collected Stories Of Roger Zelazny (frontispiece portrait) • (2009) • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan A Word from the Editors (The Collected Stories Of Roger Zelazny) • (2009) • essay by David G. Grubbs and Christopher S. Kovacs and Ann Crimmins Roger Zelazny • essay by Jane Lindskold Remembering Roger • essay by Gerald Hausman The Trickster • essay by Gardner Dozois Godson • (1994) • novelette by Roger Zelazny Godson: A Play in Three Acts • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny Our Own Piece of the Sky • poem by Roger Zelazny The Appetite and Rising Sun • poem by Roger Zelazny Cry of the Needy • poem by Roger Zelazny Come Back to the Killing Ground, Alice, My Love • [Kalifriki] • (1992) • novella by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (Come Back to the Killing Ground, Alice, My Love) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs Prince of the Powers of This World • (1993) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny Storm • (1981) • poem by Roger Zelazny The Long Crawl of Hugh Glass • (1995) • novelette by Roger Zelazny Walking, of Course • (1994) • poem by Roger Zelazny Spinning the Day Through My Head • (1981) • poem by Roger Zelazny Tunnel Vision • (1994) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny Epithalamium • (1995) • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny Paranoid Game • (1981) • poem by Roger Zelazny The God and Frustrate Shrine • (1981) • poem by Roger Zelazny Prelude the First (Forever After) • (1995) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny Prelude the Second (Forever After) • (1995) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny Prelude the Third (Forever After) • (1995) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny Prelude the Fourth (Forever After) • (1995) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny Postlude (Forever After) • (1995) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny Ikhnaton's Hymn to the Sun • (1996) • poem by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (Ikhnaton's Hymn to the Sun) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs The Rational Gods • poem by Roger Zelazny Lady of Steel • (1995) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny The Three Descents of Jeremy Baker • (1995) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (The Three Descents of Jeremy Baker) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs The Sleeper: Character Outline • [Croyd Crenson] • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny Concerto for Siren and Serotonin • [Croyd Crenson] • (1988) • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny Spring Morning: Missive • (1981) • poem by Roger Zelazny The Long Sleep • [Croyd Crenson] • (1993) • novelette by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (The Long Sleep) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs A Word from George R. R. Martin (The Long Sleep) • essay by George R. R. Martin The Realm of Zelazny's Amber (map) • interior artwork by Elizabeth T. Danforth and Roger Zelazny [as by Roger Zelazny and Liz Danforth ] Prolog to Trumps of Doom • [Amber Stories] • (1985) • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny (variant of Prolog (Trumps of Doom)) A Word from Zelazny (Prolog to Trumps of Doom) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs The Road to Amber • [Amber Stories] • (1996) • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny The Great Amber Questionnaire • (1978) • essay by Ken St. Andre and Roger Zelazny A Secret of Amber • [Amber Stories] • (2005) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny and Ed Greenwood The Salesman's Tale • [Amber Stories] • (1994) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (The Salesman's Tale) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs Blue Horse, Dancing Mountains • [Amber Stories] • (1995) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (Blue Horse, Dancing Mountain) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs The Shroudling and the Guisel • [Amber Stories] • (1994) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (The Shroudling and the Guisel) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs Coming to a Cord • [Amber Stories] • (1995) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (Coming to a Cord) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs Hall of Mirrors • [Amber Stories] • (1996) • novelette by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (Hall of Mirrors) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs On Writing Horror After Reading Clive Barker • (1990) • essay by Roger Zelazny "When It Comes It's Wonderful": Art Versus Craft in Writing • (1995) • essay by Roger Zelazny Warriors and Dreams • (1995) • essay by Roger Zelazny (variant of Introduction (Warriors of Blood and Dream)) "... And Call Me Roger": The Literary Life of Roger Zelazny, Part 6 • [And Call Me Roger • 6] • essay by Christopher S. Kovacs Sandow's Shadow (Outline) • [Francis Sandow] • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (Sandow's Shadow (Outline)) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs Shadowland (Outline) • [Jack of Shadows] • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (Shadowland (Outline)) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs Dysonized Biologicals (Outline) • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny Donnerjack, of Virtù: A Fable for the Machine Age (Outline) • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (Donnerjack, of Virtù: A Fable for the Machine Age (Outline)) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs A Zelazny Timeline • essay by Christopher S. Kovacs and Alice N. S. Lewis and David G. Grubbs Z-World • essay by Michael Whelan Z-World • interior artwork by Michael Whelan The Quintessential Roger Zelazny • essay by David G. Grubbs and Christopher S. Kovacs and Ann Crimmins Isle of Regret • essay by Trent Zelazny In Memoriam: Roger Zelazny, the Lord of Light • essay by George R. R. Martin Acknowledgments (The Collected Stories Of Roger Zelazny) • (2009) • essay by David G. Grubbs and Christopher S. Kovacs and Ann Crimmins

Returning to Shadow Earth to investigate a threat against his life, Corwin discovers that the Jewel of Judgment has been stolen by his traitorous brother, Brand, who plans to use the enigmatic gem to reshape the universe.

Fantasy Masterworks Volume 6ReviewRoger Zelazny's books have three things in common: a flawed hero who sometimes fails, endlessly surprising plot twists, and a blend of lyricism, literary allusions, and sly puns that makes the pages fly. The Great Book of Amber, collecting all 10 Amber novels, is vintage Zelazny. Despite some irritating typographical errors, it's invaluable for anyone who wants to read or reread the tales of Corwin and his son, Merlin. Corwin is a prince of Amber, the "immortal city from which every other city has taken its shape." All other worlds, including Earth, are shadows of that reality. Corwin has spent centuries on Earth as an amnesiac. But when someone in the family tries to kill him there, Corwin begins a search for his past. He quickly learns that his family has some very unusual powers. They can travel between Amber, its shadows, and Chaos by manipulating reality; use magical playing cards to communicate and travel instantaneously; and are able to walk the Pattern that created Amber. Corwin regains his memory, solves the mystery of his father Oberon's disappearance, and fulfills his destiny--only to disappear into Chaos. Merlin searches for Corwin and his destiny as a son of both Amber and the Courts of Chaos. His story parallels Corwin's, answering many questions about Amber, Chaos, and the next generation in the family.Many readers have complained that the series goes on too long and the ending is disappointing. None, however, would deny that it's filled with fascinating ideas, complex characters, and action-adventure. Don't miss a chance to make up your own mind. --Amber is the one real world, casting infinite reflections of itself -- Shadow worlds, that can be manipulated by those of royal Amberite blood. But the royal family is torn apart by jealousies and suspicion; the disappearance of the Patriach Oberon has intensified the internal conflict by leaving the throne apparently up for grabs. In a hospital on the Shadow Earth, a young man is recovering from a freak car accident; amnesia has robbed him of all his memory, even the fact that he is Corwin, Crown Prince of Amber, rightful heir to the throne -- and he is in deadly peril . . . The five books, Nine Princes in Amber, The Guns of Avalon, Sign of the Unicorn, The Hand of Oberon and The Courts of Chaos, together make up The Chronicles of Amber, Roger Zelazny's finest work of fantasy and an undisputed classic of the genre.Have added the other five novels of amber to this compilation as well - because I can!

Following the cliffhanger ending of Blood of Amber, Merlin is stranded in surrealistic Alice in Wonderland-esque bar where the Mad Hatter serves cocktails. Managing to escape, Merlin meets new family members--one of whom is intent on killing him. As events escalates, Merlin finds himself surrounded by his worst enemies including his ex-girlfriend--back from the dead.

Melvin Corey must choose between an alliance with the Pattern of Amber or the Pattern of Chaos, in a tale of a sometimes murderous family of wizards and their alternate worlds.

Pol Detson, son of Lord Det of Rondoval, has come home. He is now a powerful sorceror of unsurpassed natural ability--in a world where the power of magic is the only kind that matters. But Pol is still an untrained talent, a "madwand." To take control of his powers, to rule in his father's place, he must survive arduous training and a fantastic initiation into the rites of sorcery. As friends, Pol has one dragon and one thief. As enemies, he has the most powerful wizards of the land. And at least one of them wants him dead!

Book 1 in the 1st Amber Series

Awakening in an Earth hospital unable to remember who he is or where he came from, Corwin is amazed to learn that he is one of the sons of Oberon, King of Amber, and is the rightful successor to the crown in a parallel world.

Accepting the responsibilities as ruler to the world of Amber, Corwin finds himself the target of sibling treachery, and must seek guidance in a land of visions, where a sinister prediction foretells his doom.

Treacheries, trickeries, assassination attempts and bloody family intrigues have finally maneuvered Merlin, aka Merle Corey, into the Courts of Chaos — where he is third in line to occupy the throne, thanks to a series of conventionally fatal "accidents" engineered by his mother Dara and uncle Mandor. But Merlin’s journey to the ultimate rule will not be easy. For dark enchantments still await him. There is murderous discord between Amber and Chaos to be silenced. And a captive royal father, long believed dead, must first be freed from a villain’s magic before a beleaguered Prince can deem his triumph complete.

EDITORIAL REVIEW: Here are strange, beautiful stories covering the full spectrum of the late Roger Zelazny's remarkable talents. He had a rare ability to mix the dream-like, disturbing imagery of fantasy with the real-life hardware of science fiction. His vivid imagination and fine prose made him one of the most highly acclaimed writers in his field. Three times he won the Nebula Award, and six times the Hugo Award, for excellence in novels and short fiction. Roger Zelazny possessed a unique, dazzling talent; his visions of the future, of other worlds and of other realities are, by turns, enchanting and disturbing, and always memorable.

An eternal duel between good and evil, which began in the thirteenth century, continues as the twenty-first century approaches and Loki tries to put an end to the domination of Ahriman, the Lord of Darkness

Hugo Best Novella winner (1986) Nebula Best Novella nominee (1986)

People suffered under Det Morson's power. When the wizard Mor joined the fight, Det & his infamous Rondoval castle were destroyed. But the victory was not complete, for the conquerors found a baby amidst the rubble: Det's son, Pol. Unwilling to kill the child, Mor took him to a world where the ways of magic were considered mere legends--a world called Earth. Young Mark Marakson is obsessed with devices, building water wheels & later, steam engines. He doesn't understand why people rely on magicians rather than using machinery. Young Pol, meanwhile, grows up a poet, musician & singer, marked by a white streak in his dark hair. He's a disappointment to the man he regards as his father, an engineer. Sometimes he sees glowing strands in the air which he touches to make things happen. Ostracised, Mark wanders the hills & finds a machine graveyard from an ancient war between magic & technology. Restarting them, he returns on a flying machine for his childhood sweetheart, only to be assaulted by the villagers, losing an eye. Returning to the graveyard he creates a machine army for revenge. Realizing the world's balance is disturbed, Mor goes to retrieve Pol to counter Mark, revealing Pol's heritage & powers to him. Once Pol is back, Mor has to return to the technology world to balance out the transfer. He dies in a park where every tree, bird & insect is artificial. Pol must find his way around Castle Rondoval. The strands he uses to perform magic are all about. He finds a thief who was in the castle when Mor cast a sleep spell on it. Revived, the thief becomes his helper. He also discovers Det's dragons asleep in the dungeons. Reviving the mightiest one, who recognizes him as his former master's son, he then has to set out on a quest to find the three segments of his father's magical staff, scattered across the world by Mor. He's accompanied by Mark's former sweetheart, creating a romantic triangle. The quest requires him to defeat several magic guardians & traps. Completing it, he's able to take on & defeat Mark Marakson, restoring the world balance. In doing so, he loses the girl's affections. He's left to seek his future in Rondoval, among old magics left by his father. The tale's next part appears in Madwand.

So, where will you go after "Harry?" May we suggest a return to the lands of Shadow, the courts of Chaos and the world of Amber—where young Obere learns his true identity and finds his magically powerful family. Working with the estate of famed fantasy writer Roger Zelazny estate, The Dawn Of Amber is a the first in a prequel trilogy, exploring events that precede the first novel in Zelazny's popular AMBER series.Here, in Book One, you'll meet the young soldier known as Obere as he's whisked away from the kingdom and world he has known and defended his entire life, and placed on a knife's edge of turmoil, intrigue, domination and death. He must learn what he can on the fly, unwilling to let friend and foe alike know how little he understands of this strange universe and the dangerous creatures that rule it. His life is in jeopardy, as is the entire House of Dworkin—the result of an ages-old blood feud that threatens to destroy Obere's newfound family and any hope...

Corwin finds his world dissolving around him when his father Oberon, disguised as Corwin’s friend, steals the Jewel of Judgment so that he may defeat the evil Brand, in a conclusion to the first Amber series.

In our world, called the Verite, he is a Scottish laird, an engineer, and a master of virtual reality design. In the computer-generated universe of Virtu, created by the crash of the World Net, he is a living legend. Scientist and poet with a warrior’s soul, Donnerjack strides like a giant across the virtual landscape he helped to shape. And now he has bargained with Death himself for the return of love. The Lord of Entropy claimed Ayradyss, Donnerjack’s beloved dark-haired lady of Virtu, with no warning, leaving a hole in the Engineer’s heart. But Death offered to return her to him for a price: a palace of bones… and their first-born child. Since offspring have never before resulted from any union of the two worlds, Donnerjack accepts Death’s conditions—and leads his reborn lover far from the detritus and perpetual twilight of Deep Fields to his ancestral Scottish lands, hoping to build a sanctuary and a self for Ayradyss in the first world. But there is no escaping, because cataclysmic change is taking place in Virtu. A bizarre new religion is sweeping through this ever-shifting universe where the homely can be virtually beautiful, the lame can walk and the blind can see. Now it’s threatening to spill over into Verite. And its credo is a call for a different kind of order. For all the ancient myths still occupy Virtu. And the Great Gods on Mt. Meru are amassing great armies in anticipation of the time when a vast computer system attempts to take over the reality that constructed it.

Shadows and Reflections is the Roger Zelazny tribute anthology you’ve been waiting for. Here are stories that are not just inspired by Roger Zelazny, but stories set in universes created by Roger Zelazny. Finding Shadows and Reflections is like discovering a new Zelazny collection full of old friends that you thought you’d never see again. You’ll find stories set in many of your favorite universes: Lord of Light, Isle of the Dead, Madwand, Creatures of Light and Darkness, and Jack of Shadows,to name only a few. George R. R. Martin introduces the anthology, and Roger’s daughter, Shannon Zelazny, provides an afterword. Both provide insight into the wonderful and complex man that Roger Zelazny was. Contributors include Steven Brust, Steve Perry, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Kelly McCullough, Jane Lindskold, Shariann Lewitt, and many others. Also included as a special treat is a very rare Roger Zelazny story. This anthology was edited by his son Trent Zelazny, a Nightmare Award winner, and Warren Lapine, who has been nominated for both the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards. You will not soon forget this outstanding anthology.

The Complete Amber Chronicles, 1-10