The Hand of Oberon

Book Details

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Author(s):

Roger Zelazny

First Pub:

1979

Genre(s):

Fantasy

First Read:

2021

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

13 chapters

Internal ID:

337

Series:

<- Sign of the Unicorn - The Courts of Chaos ->

Amber: The Corwin Cycle*

#4 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

#4 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:

To Jay Haldeman,
of fellowship and artichokes.

First Sentence:

A bright flash of insight, to match that peculiar sun...

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

I'll be needing it soon."

Comments:

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Added: 29-Dec-2002

Last Updated: 05-Sep-2022

Publications

01-Feb-1978

Avon Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Feb-1978

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$1.50

Pages*:

188

Catalog ID:

33324

Read:

Once

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

12869

Publisher:

Avon Books

ISBN:

0-380-01664-8

ISBN-13:

978-0-380-01664-8

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Ron Walotsky - Cover Artist

KING OBERON
HAS VANISHED AND
shadow
MENACES THE
PERFECT REALM OF
amber.

Family blood has been spilled on the magic pattern that created Amber. To save themselves from the dagger-wielding hand that stabs across the nebulous boundaries of the parallel worlds, the remaining Princes - led by the superhuman Lord Corwin - must find the murderous traitor in their midst... and discover the source of the black road that unites the one true world of Amber with the multi-dimensional realm of Shadow.

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First Avon Printing, June, 1977
Fourth Printing

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

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