Roger Zelazny Page
0. Roger Zelazny Page

1. About the Author

Roger Zelazny was born in Ohio, began writing at age twelve,
holds degrees from Western Reserve and Columbia, has been a
professional writer since 1962, is married, and lives in New
Mexico with his wife Judy, sons Devin and Trent, and daughter
Shannon. He is the author of nineteen novels and four story
collections. He is a three-time winner of the Science Fiction
Achievement Award ("Hugo"), has received the Science Fiction
Writers of America Nebula Award on three occasions, the French
Prix Apollo once, and has one book chosen by the American Library
Association as a Best Book for Young Adults. His works have been
translated into twelve foreign languages and have been dramatized
on stage, screen, and radio.

Roger worked for seven years as a federal civil servant before
quitting to write full-time. He is a past secretary-treasurer of
the Science Fiction Writers of America. His best known books are
probably Lord of Light, Doorways in the Sand, and the five-volume
Amber series. He speaks often to campus audiences.

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2. Biographical Information
Interviews
Here's a write-up of an http://www.pupzine.com/interview/zelazny.txt		interview
with Zelazny, with some info about his life and some thoughts on his writing and books.

Alex Heatley conducted an interview with Zelazny in front of an audience and
with Jane Linskold making occasional side comments.  Here's the
"http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~thetroll/phlog44.rzint.txt		write up for
"http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~thetroll/phlogiston.txt		Phlogiston, a small sci-fi fanzine.

Good-bye and hello, as always:

As you might know, Roger Zelazny died last summer, on June 14.  The http://www.cs.swarthmore.edu/~binde/sf/zelazny.txt		obiturary is here.

Here's a little more information about Zelazny's death, http://www.pupzine.com/issues/back/iss13/article/zelazny.txt		In Memorium.

A few "http://www.scifi.com/cgi-bin/rbox/articles.pl?3&2&19">postings of reactions to his death.

Photos

Here's another "roger.jpg">photo of him.
And here's a picture of Zelazny from "http://www.magicnet.net/~marshal/photojmp/last2.txt		the first Ambercon, with some woman.

Bios
I know of only two biographies of Zelazny; Theodore Krulik's <cite>Roger Zelazny</cite>, and
and Jane Lindskold's similarly titled <cite>Roger Zelazny.</cite>  Krulik's has some biographical information,
and a lot of critical review of Zelazny's works up through 1986, when the bio was published.  If you can find a copy of the book,
I'd reccommend getting it; it's interesting, and has been a big help in setting up this page.
I haven't yet read Lindskold's book, but I'll comment on it once I have.
Honors
Zelazny was the 1994 ICFA Guest of Honor.  The ICFA is the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts.
Zelazny's Works
Question:
Would anyone be interested in writing a series of short reviews/summaries of
Zelazny's works?  If so, drop me some mail.
The graphs come from... "http://www.clark.net/pub/iz/Books/Top100/top100.txt		The
Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List
This is a nifty little list maintained by Tristrom Cooke.  You can rate books and see
which come out on top.  (Just go visit for more info, and throw in your votes for Zelazny's books while you're there.)
I used the weekly top 100 list, along with the extended lists published every five weeks, to make graphs of the progress of Zelazny books.  Eventually I'll
have a comprehensive graph you can check out, but for now just the individual book charts
are located in each book's page.
Key to awards:

 "Z" ...one of Zelazny's personal favorites (as mentioned in interviews above)
 "HW" ...a "hugo.txt		Hugo winning novel or a collection containing a Hugo winner.
 "HN" ...a Hugo nominee.
 "NW"...a "http://www.sfwa.org/sfwa/awards/nebula.htm">Nebula Award winner.
 "NN" ...a Nebula Award nominee.
 "PA" ...a Prix Apollo winner.
 "L"  ...a Locus Award winner.
 "B" ...a Balrog Award winner.

Zelazny's Novels
<h4>Important Note:</h4>
All book cover images are the property of the book publishers.

"amber.txt		<cite>The Amber series</cite.   (1970-1991)  <img src="locus1.gif" alt="  L">
<cite>Bridge of Ashes</cite>  (1976)
"change.txt		<cite>Changeling</cite.  (1980)
"changing.txt		<cite>The Changing Land</cite.  (1981)
"creature.txt		<cite>Creatures of Light and Darkness</cite.  (1969)
"damn.txt		<cite>Damnation Alley</cite.  (1969) <img alt="  HN" src="hugo2.gif">
<cite>A Dark Travelling</cite> (1987)
"dilvish.txt		<cite>Dilvish, the Damned</cite.  (1982)
"dream.txt		<cite>Dream Master</cite.  (1966) <img src="neb1.gif" alt="  NW">
"lamps.txt		<cite>The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth</cite.  (1971) <img alt="NW" src=neb1.gif>  <img src="hugo2.gif" alt="  HN">(2)  <img alt="  NN" src="neb2.gif">(4)
"doorways.txt		<cite>Doorways in the Sand</cite.  (1976) <img src="zelaz.gif" alt="  Z">  <img alt="  HN" src="hugo2.gif">  <img alt="  NN" src="neb2.gif">
"eye.txt		<cite>Eye of Cat</cite.  (1982)  <img src="zelaz.gif" alt="  Z">
"four.txt		<cite>Four for Tomorrow</cite.  (1967) <img src="neb1.gif" alt="  NW">  <img src="hugo2.gif" alt="  HN">
"frost.txt		<cite>Frost and Fire</cite.  (1989) <img src="hugo1.gif" alt="  HW">(2) <img src="neb2.gif" alt="  NN">(2)
"dragons.txt		<cite>Here There Be Dragons</cite.  (1992)
"isle.txt		<cite>Isle of the Dead</cite.   (1969)  <img src="prix1.gif" alt="  PA">
"jack.txt		<cite>Jack of Shadows</cite.  (1971) <img src="hugo2.gif" alt="  HN">
"last.txt		<cite>The Last Defender of Camelot</cite.  (1980) <img alt="  Z" src="zelaz.gif">  <img src="neb1.gif" alt="  NW">  <img src="hugo2.gif" alt="  HN">(3)  <img src="neb2.gif" alt="  NN">
"lord.txt		<cite>Lord of Light</cite.  (1967) <img src="zelaz.gif" alt="  Z">  <img src="hugo1.gif" alt="  HW">  <img src="neb2.gif" alt="  NN">
"madwand.txt		<cite>Madwand</cite.  (1981)
"legion.txt		<cite>My Name Is Legion</cite.  (1976) <img src="hugo1.gif" alt="  HW">  <img src="neb1.gif" alt="  NW">
"night.txt		<cite>A Night in the Lonesome October</cite.  (1993) <img src="zelaz.gif" alt="  Z">  <img src="neb2.gif" alt="  NN">
"road.txt		<cite>Roadmarks</cite.  (1979)
"this.txt		<cite>This Immortal</cite.  (1966) <img src="zelaz.gif" alt="  Z">  <img src="hugo1.gif" alt="  HW">
"die.txt		<cite>To Die in Italbar</cite.  (1973)
<cite>Today We Choose Faces</cite>  (1973)
"unicorn.txt		<cite>Unicorn Variations</cite.  (1983) <img src=hugo1.gif>  <img src="locus1.gif" alt="  L">  <img src="balrog1.gif" alt="  B">
"high.txt		<cite>Way Up High</cite.  (1992)

Collaborations
<cite>The Black Throne</cite> (with Fred Saberhagen) (1990)
"head.txt		<cite>Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming</cite.  (with Robert Sheckley) (1991)
"coils.txt		<cite>Coils</cite.  (with Fred Saberhagen) (1980)
"deus.txt		<cite>Deus Irae</cite.  (with Phillip K. Dick) (1976)
<cite>A Farce to Be Reckoned With</cite> (with Robert Sheckley) (1995)
"flare.txt		<cite>Flare</cite.  (with Thomas T. Thomas) (1992)
<cite>If at Faust You Don't Succeed</cite> (with Robert Sheckley) (1993)
"loki.txt		<cite>The Mask of Loki</cite.  (with Thomas T. Thomas) (1992)

Uncollected Zelazny Stories
"stories.html#amber">Amber Stories
"stories.html#other">Other Stories

Edited/Sponsered By Zelazny
<cite>"speedway.txt		Alien Speedway series</cite> (1987-1988)
<cite>"forever.txt		Forever After</cite> (with Robert Asprin, David Drake, Jane Lindskold, & Mike Stackpole) (1995)
<cite>Nebula Award Stories 3</cite> (1968)
<cite>Warriors of Blood and Dreams</cite> (1995)
<cite>Wheel of Fortune</cite> (1995)

Non-Genre Works by Zelazny
Comments by Zelazny on other a"comments">authors and their books.
<cite>To Spin is Miracle Cat</cite> (poetry) (1981)
<cite>When Pussywillows Last in the Catyard Bloomed</cite> (poetry) (1980)
<cite>"wild.txt		Wilderness</cite> (fiction) (with Gerald Hausman) (1994)


Other Zelazny Links
Bibliographies

Here's a more complete list of Zelazny's books put together by http://julmara.ce.chalmers.se/SF_archive/Authorlists/Zelazny.Roger>John Wenn.
And a fairly complete, nice looking "http://members.gnn.com/nordmeyer/zelaz.htm">chronological bibliography of Zelazny's novels and novellas.
Scott Zrubek has compiled an "http://www.ghgcorp.com/it/scott/zelazny/zelazny_magazines.txt		incredibly comprehensive chart
of Zelazny's magazine appearances, including short stories, essays, interviews, speeches, and so on.
Zelazny Pages
http://intele.net/~ferenczy/rogerz.txt		Casey Bowen's page, with lots of Zelazny links; some already on this page, some not...
An incomplete "http://malkuth.sephiroth.org/~corwin/authors/rzelazny/index.txt		
Roger Zelazny page, with the text from several book covers to describe the books listed.
A Zelazny page, http://www.integra.fr/XLII/SFYEAR/TEXT/AUTHORS/Z/ZELAZNR.txt		in French.
Quotes
Here's a list of "http://www.eden.com/~silver/zelazny
quotes.txt		quotes from different Zelazny books.  There's not much there now, but Silver promises to add more eventually.
German Resource
A paragraph or so on Zelazny and his achievements, "http://www.uni-giessen.de/~g087/fandom/faw58.html#Zelazny">in German.
Chronomaster
Information about http://www.intracorp.com/chronomaster.txt		Chronomaster,
a computer game created by Roger Zelazny and Jane Lindskold.

Other Sci-fi Links
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