Roger Zelazny's short story
t perks up Zelazny? The god of all things odd and twisted, who died too freaking young because, dammit, there were more Amber stories to tell?
Overwhelming? How much more than whelming would that be exactly?
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Connie Neil - Jun 02, 2004 11:27:46 am PDT #4959 of 10001
brillig
deborah grabien - Jun 02, 2004 11:41:52 am PDT #4960 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Yes. Roger. A damned good friend, who was there for me when I needed him, at a very dark time.
I miss the living hell out of him. The fact that he's gone and Dick Cheney isn't is yet one more reason I can't ever fully believe in a just and loving deity.
Connie Neil - Jun 02, 2004 11:48:23 am PDT #4961 of 10001
brillig
Thank god he got "Lonesome October" out before he left. That may just be my favorite of his books.
erikaj - Jun 02, 2004 11:51:13 am PDT #4962 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
maybe it's not God...maybe it's animatronics...Disney was One Of Theirs, after all.
deborah grabien - Jun 02, 2004 11:58:46 am PDT #4963 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I was all about Rog's short stories; Nic adores the novels, but for me, he had the short form down like nobody else.
Everything from "A Rose for Ecclesiastes" to "This Moment of the Storm" to (my favourite, usually) "This Mortal Mountain".
His blurb for "Plainsong" came in a letter that I have locked away. It came on one of the single worst days of my life. I've never been quite as close to walking out into the ocean and not stopping as I was that day. And I got home and there was a letter from New Mexico and a note from Roger and it said "Hey Deb, I just finished Plainsong. Here's a blurb for it - from the heart."
And the blurb made me cry like an idiot for about three hours. It was so lovely, it was such perfect timing.
Roger was also the reason "The Eden Tree" (in progress) is a novel, and not the novella I'd planned. He read it, two-thirds done, and said, why in hell are you wasting your time trying to straightjacket this many Big Big Big Questions in a novella? Spread it out, damn it!"
He was wonderful.
GodDAMNit.
Polter-Cow - Jun 02, 2004 1:01:31 pm PDT #4964 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Deb, that's a pretty cool idea. Giving vampires human predators who predate for survival, not sport. Hmm.
Unfortunately, I'd never heard of Roger Zelazny.
Deena - Jun 02, 2004 1:04:05 pm PDT #4965 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
P-C, your petticoat is showing.
Polter-Cow - Jun 02, 2004 1:05:58 pm PDT #4966 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm so confused.
Deena - Jun 02, 2004 1:07:44 pm PDT #4967 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
I have no clue what, exactly I meant by that, except that I love Zelazny, especially the Amber novels, as does Connie, and Deb loves the short stories, so you should go read. A lot. Though you don't have to if you don't want to of course.
§ ita § - Jun 02, 2004 1:09:20 pm PDT #4968 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Though you don't have to if you don't want to of course.
Yes he does. When did we start giving people options?