Dragaera

the next vlad book?

Thu Jul 18 14:12:38 PDT 2002

 
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On Thu, 18 Jul 2002 11:19:21   Jose Marquez wrote:
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>Thomas Yan wrote:

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>> "Ian sympatico" <ijamie at sympatico.ca> writes:

>> >

>> > If anyone has not read Zelazny yet I don't know why they are on this list!
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>> 

>> ?  Surely there are at least a few people here who haven't read any

>> Zelazny.  Right?

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>A year ago, I would have been one of them. I only learned of Zelazny from
>Steve's mentioning him on several occasions (interviews, intro to To Reign in
>Hell, etc.). I bought the Great Book of Amber omnibus last August, but I
>haven't read anything else. I enjoyed the Amber series, but I don't know what
>else I should pick up.

>

>> Also, I like both Steve's and Zelazny's books, but in general, they

>> don't feel that similar to me.  I suspect I'm in the minority; anyone

>> else in there with me?

>

>Something about Zelazny's tone and the style remind me of Steve's tone and
>style. That should probably be the other way around, except I read Steve's
>stuff before I read Zelazny. Alas, I have not really read enough Zelazny to do
>a good comparison.

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>Jose

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>Jose Marquez

>jhereg69 at earthlink.net


Zelazny at his best was a Short Story writer, in my opinion. My favorite of his works is _Creatures of Light and Darkness_, which according to him, he wrote for the sheer fun of it.

_Night of the Lonesome October_, if you can find it, is another 'great'. _Lord of Light_ won awards, was a good book, but somehow will not win a place in my heart. Any of his short story collections I think you'll not be disappointed in.

Avoid the Jane Lindskold/ Zelazny joint efforts. In my opinion, they
just aren't good, and only show painfully that his talent is gone forever.

 - Chance

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