Nine Princes in Amber

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Author(s):

Roger Zelazny

First Pub:

1970

Genre(s):

Fantasy

First Read:

2021

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

10 chapters

Internal ID:

334

Series:

The Guns of Avalon

Amber: The Corwin Cycle*

#1 of 5

Amber: The Corwin Cycle*

The first five books in the Amber series by Roger Zelazney with Corwin as the protagonist.

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1) Nine Princes in Amber
2) The Guns of Avalon
3) Sign of the Unicorn
4) The Hand of Oberon
5) The Courts of Chaos

The Chronicles of Amber

#1 of 10

The Chronicles of Amber

The full Amber series by Roger Zelazney.

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1) Nine Princes in Amber
2) The Guns of Avalon
3) Sign of the Unicorn
4) The Hand of Oberon
5) The Courts of Chaos
6) Trumps of Doom
7) Blood of Amber
8) Sign of Chaos
9) Knight of Shadows
10) Prince of Chaos

Copyright:

Dedication:

No dedication.

First Sentence:

It was starting to end, after what seemed most of eternity to me.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

A demon wind propelled me east of the sun.

Comments:

No comments on file

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Added: 29-Dec-2002

Last Updated: 16-Sep-2024

01-Sep-1991

Avon Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Sep-1991

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$3.99

Pages*:

175

Read:

Once

Reading(s):

1) 23 Mar 2021 - 5 Apr 2021

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

12851

Publisher:

Avon Books

ISBN:

0-380-01430-0

ISBN-13:

978-0-380-01430-9

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Tim White - Cover Artist

AMBER

Here is the first novel in Roger Zelazny's classic Amber series. Amber, the one real world, of which all others - including our own Earth - are but Shadows...

NINE PRINCES
IN AMBER

Amber burns in Corwin's blood. Exiled on Shadow Earth for centuries, the prince is about to return to Amber - to make a mad and desperate rush upon the throne.

From Arden to the blood-slippery Stairway into the Sea, the air is electrified with the powers of Eric, Random, Bleys, Caine and all the princes of Amber whom Corwin must overcome. Yet his savage path is blocked and guarded by eerie structures beyond imagining... impossible realities forged by demonic assassins... and staggering horrors to challenge the might of Corwin's superhuman fury.

"ENGROSSING, FANTASTIC... A BELIEVABLE FANTASY"
Science Fiction Writers of America Journal

"A ROUSING GOOD TALE!" Village Voice

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First Avon Books Printing: June 1972

Twenty-first printing based on the number line
Canada: $4.99

Other book covers for this series run

Nine Princes in Amber

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01-Sep-1991
Avon Books
Mass Market Paperback

Author(s)

Roger Zelazny
Birth: 13 May 1937 Euclid, Ohio, USA
Death: 14 Jun 1995 Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Notes:

Roger Zelazny was born in Ohio in 1937 and earned a Masters degreee from Columbia University in 1962. His first published story was "Passion Play" in 1962. He wrote many short stories as well as novels and sometimes used the pseudonym Harrison Denmark.

Awards

1971

Mythopoeic Society

Mythopoeic Award

Nominee

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