This is the first guide to the works of this well-known science fiction and fantasy writer. When Roger Zelazny exploded on the science fiction scene in 1962, it was not with a whimper, but a bang. The fallout was a shower of simile, symbol, and allusion. Images fresh and new burst in fields of variegated color. Rich tapestries full of mythic characters and beasts unfolded in poetic excapes from reality-and always with great style.
Yoke, a close friend of Zelazny's since they shared a desk in the first grade, here delineates the author's work, from his very first explorations of fantasy through such classics as
Lord of Light
,
Home is the Hangman
, and the magestic Amber series.