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"Roger Zelazny combined poetic prose with fearless literary ambition to become one of the most influential science fiction writers of the 1960s. Yet many critics found his later novels underachieving and his turn to fantasy a disappointment. F. Brett Cox surveys the landscape of Zelazny's creative life and contradictions. Launched by the classic 1963 short story "A Rose for Ecclesiastes," Zelazny soon won the Hugo Award for Best Novel with ...And Call Me Conrad and two years later won again for Lord of Light. Cox looks at the author's overnight success and follows Zelazny into a period of continued formal experimentation, the commercial triumph of the Amber sword and sorcery novels, and renewed acclaim for Hugo-winning novellas such as "Home Is the Hangman" and "24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai." Throughout, Cox analyzes aspects of Zelazny's art, from his preference for poetically alienated protagonists to the ways his plots reflected his determined individualism. Clear-eyed and detailed, this book provides an up-to-date reconsideration of an often-misunderstood SF maverick"--
List of contents
Cover
Title
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Out of Nowhere: Beginnings-1963
Chapter 2. Everybody Loves a Winner: 1964-1968
Chapter 3. Do Quit Your Day Job: 1969-1971
Chapter 4. A Series of Different Endeavors: 1972-1979
Chapter 5. Nothing on Spec but Still Some Joy: 1980-1995
Afterword
An Interview with Roger Zelazny
A Roger Zelazny Bibliography
Notes
Bibliography of Secondary Sources
Index
Back cover
About the author
F. Brett Cox
