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The Chronicles of Amber: Volume I

64.3% complete
1979
1986
1 time
See 4
Nine Princes in Amber
10 chapters
The Guns of Avalon
9 chapters
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Copyright © 1979
No dedication.
It was starting to end, after what seemed most of eternity to me.
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We moved on through the cavern to the stairs where the dead man lay and went round and round above him in the dark.
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Omnibus edition with "Nine Princes in Amber" and "The Guns of Avalon".

NINE PRINCES IN AMBER
Copyright © 1970 by Roger Zelazny
THE GUNS OF AVALON
Copyright © 1972 by Roger Zelazny
Synopsis not on file
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Added: 20-Apr-2020
Last Updated: 27-Apr-2020

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 01-Aug-1986
Nelson Doubleday
Hardback
In my libraryI read this editionHas a cover imageBook Edition Cover
Date Issued:
Cir 01-Aug-1986
Format:
Hardback
Cover Price:
$5.98
Pages*:
338
Read:
Once
Internal ID:
2198
Publisher:
ISBN:
Unknown
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Boris Vallejo  - Cover Artist
Front flap:
THE CHRONICLES
OF AMBER VOLUME I

by ROGER ZELAZNEY


Here, together for the first time, are the complete CHRONICLES OF AMBER: Nine Princes In Amber... The Guns of Avalon... Sign of the Unicorn... The Hand of Oberon... AND the long anticipated final book, The Courts of Chaos - in a handsome two volume set.

Amber is the one real world, casting infinite reflections of itself - Shadow worlds that can be manipulated by those of royal Amberite blood. Unfortunately, the royal family is torn by jealousies and suspicions. And the disappearance of the clan patriarch, Oberon, has intensified the conflicts by leaving Amber's throne apparently up for grabs.

The CHRONICLES begin in a hospital on the Shadow Earth, where a man is recovering from a freak auto accident. Since he is also suffering from amnesia, and has been for some time, he has no idea that he's Prince Corwin of Amber - until his memory receives a succession of jolts:

He meets a sister who speaks in riddles of plots and counterplots... and a brother who abruptly involves

(continued on back flap)


Back flap:
(continued from front flap)

him in a life-and-death battle against pursuers from a fearful Shadow world.

He discovers a deck of tarot-like cards, with himself, his sister, and strangers whom he guesses to be other relatives, pictured on their faces. Only lingering amnesia keeps him from grasping the full significance of the find: the cards are the Greater Trumps of Amber, used by his family to communicate across vast distances, and transport one another through Shadows in an instant.

Then comes the most shattering jolt of all... Corwin's confrontation with an intricate design created by a master manipulator of reality - the Pattern. By walking the Pattern, those of the blood royal gain the ability to control Shadows. But the slightest hesitation or misstep during the trial means death.

As Corwin sets foot upon that coldly glowing inscription, memories come flooding back to him... more and more with each step. And finally, knowing his true identity, he acknowledges his true ambition - and resolves that the crown of Amber will be his.

But unknown to Corwin, there are dark forces massing against Amber... and before too long he will discover just how great a burden a king's crown can be...
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Notes and Comments:
Q33 in lower left corner of page 337.

I read this on the way to a football game at West Texas State University.

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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.

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