I want "The Great Book of Amber." Everything in one place. drool.
Kaylee: So how many fell madly in love with you and wanted to take you away from all this? Inara: Just the one. I think I'm slipping.
'Serenity'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Connie Neil - Nov 30, 2004 9:51:25 am PST #6485 of 10002
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Frankenbuddha - Nov 30, 2004 9:53:11 am PST #6486 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I want "The Great Book of Amber." Everything in one place. drool.
I picked that up last year, but haven't gotten around to it. Not sure what to do with my individual copies. I never did get through the second chronicles.
DavidS - Nov 30, 2004 9:54:48 am PST #6487 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I want "The Great Book of Amber." Everything in one place. drool.
It had diminishing returns for me. I did like the second and third books, but after that my interest trailed into indifference.
Still, Lord of Light rocks. Also, "Rose for Ecclesiastes."
Connie Neil - Nov 30, 2004 10:01:49 am PST #6488 of 10002
brillig
In the last book of the Second Chronicles of Amber, I got the impression that Zelazny suspected he had a rather permanent deadline coming up. A few things get tied up a little too quickly, but I'm just glad he had a chance to finish it.
My favorite Zelazny of all time, though, is "A Night in the Lonesome October." My gosh.
JohnSweden - Nov 30, 2004 11:05:52 am PST #6489 of 10002
I can't even.
I want "The Great Book of Amber." Everything in one place. drool.
I tend to go backwards instead and try to hunt down older and older editions. I have a first edition Guns of Avalon, but never could afford a Nine Princes. My favourite is probably the Easton Press copy of This Immortal that I grabbed a bunch of years ago. Pretty book.
Here's a pic: (scroll down) [link]
I have a couple of things that Roger signed for me at a con about 10 years before he died. I wish I had more. Not for collectibility, well sort of, but they'll form part of my estate.
I thought A Night in the Lonesome October was a lot of fun, Connie. Pretty late in his career but he still had power then. 24 Views of Mount Fuji by Hokusai is one of my favourite pieces that he wrote later on (1985).
DavidS - Nov 30, 2004 12:22:53 pm PST #6490 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
One other writer was just breaking into the field at that time and went up against Zelazny for a number of the awards above. Who was that writer and what awards did he win? The answer of course, will be next time.
Samuel Delaney, of course. They were the Twin Hot Young Science Fiction Studs of the Mid Sixties.
Jim - Dec 01, 2004 7:20:15 am PST #6491 of 10002
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
track down the missing pieces of the Spear of Destiny
Well, Kirk Brandon is currently touring with his new band, Marco Perroni was last seen producing Sinead O'Connor....
This has been number 1 in an occasional series called "jokes only Hec, Jon and possibly ita will get"
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 01, 2004 7:24:56 am PST #6492 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Guns of Avalon was my introduction to Zelazny, and still my favorite of his novels. Nine Princes was the last of the original chronicles that I read, and I found I enjoyed that book much less than all the others.
Vonnie K - Dec 01, 2004 8:53:22 am PST #6493 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
While I disagree with the blurb that romance novels are inherently silly, these mock-up covers of romance novels are really friggin' funny. I think my favorite is "For the Love of Scottie McMullet".
Nutty - Dec 01, 2004 8:56:12 am PST #6494 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Oh! Lord of the Tube Socks!
I am going to be muttering that to myself all day.