Amber
The Chronicles of Amber comprise two distinct series of five novels and several 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
- 1986 Blood of Amber - Locus Fantasy Award nominee, 1987
- 1987 Sign of Chaos - Locus Fantasy Award nominee, 1988
- 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, with first publication dates.
- 2005 "A Secret of Amber" 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"
The latter five of these stories form one tale set after Prince of Chaos, the last novel, so they are latest in Amber history.
All 10 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, while the seven Amber short tales appear in volumes 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. 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 1987. The Amber novels also inspired a unique role-playing game, lacking any random element: Amber Diceless Roleplaying, published by Phage Press.
Read more about this topic: Roger Zelazny, Published Works
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