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| Title | : | The Chronicles of Amber: Volume I (The Chronicles of Amber #1-2) |
| Author | : | Roger Zelazny |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Book Club Edition (SFBC) |
| Pages | : | Pages: 338 pages |
| Published | : | 1979 by Nelson Doubleday (first published 1970) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy |
Roger Zelazny
Hardcover | Pages: 338 pages Rating: 4.34 | 3671 Users | 115 Reviews
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No ISBN for this first edition.Here, together for the first time, are the complete CHRONICLES OF AMBER: Nine Princes In Amber... The Guns of Avalon... Sign of the Unicorn... The Hand of Oberon... AND the long anticipated final book, The Courts of Chaos - in a handsome two volume set.
Amber is the one real world, casting infinite reflections of itself - Shadow worlds that can be manipulated by those of royal Amberite blood. Unfortunately, the royal family is torn by jealousies and suspicions. And the disappearance of the clan patriarch, Oberon, has intensified the conflicts by leaving Amber's throne apparently up for grabs.
The CHRONICLES begin in a hospital on the Shadow Earth, where a man is recovering from a freak auto accident. Since he is also suffering from amnesia, and has been for some time, he has no idea that he's Prince Corwin of Amber - until his memory receives a succession of jolts:
He meets a sister who speaks in riddles of plots and counterplots... and a brother who abruptly involves him in a life-and-death battle against pursuers from a fearful Shadow world.
He discovers a deck of tarot-like cards, with himself, his sister, and strangers whom he guesses to be other relatives, pictured on their faces. Only lingering amnesia keeps him from grasping the full significance of the find: the cards are the Greater Trumps of Amber, used by his family to communicate across vast distances, and transport one another through Shadows in an instant.
Then comes the most shattering jolt of all... Corwin's confrontation with an intricate design created by a master manipulator of reality - the Pattern. By walking the Pattern, those of the blood royal gain the ability to control Shadows. But the slightest hesitation or misstep during the trial means death.
As Corwin sets foot upon that coldly glowing inscription, memories come flooding back to him... more and more with each step. And finally, knowing his true identity, he acknowledges his true ambition - and resolves that the crown of Amber will be his.
But unknown to Corwin, there are dark forces massing against Amber... and before too long he will discover just how great a burden a king's crown can be...
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| Original Title: | Nine Princes in Amber; The Guns of Avalon |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Amber-I-Princes-Avalon/dp/0571097820/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195689717&sr=8-1 |
| Series: | The Chronicles of Amber #1-2, Amber: The Corwin Cycle #1-2 |
Rating Appertaining To Books The Chronicles of Amber: Volume I (The Chronicles of Amber #1-2)
Ratings: 4.34 From 3671 Users | 115 ReviewsAppraise Appertaining To Books The Chronicles of Amber: Volume I (The Chronicles of Amber #1-2)
Other than an excerpt from Lord of Light, which I liked, I hadn't read any Zelazny before. Now I'm starting the Amber series. This volume of the edition I'm using includes the first two novels, Nine Princes in Amber and The Guns of Avalon. It opens with the first-person narrator waking up with amnesia; the book is probably best read without any further information except the reassurance that it will turn out to be fantasy eventually - so if you know you want to read it, don't read any more ofI read the first volume of the Amber series many years ago. Liked it well enough, but not as much as some other Zelazny novels, notably Lord of Light and Creatures of Light and Darkness.Having now read through books one and two of the saga, I find my original impressions still stand.The first few chapters of Nine Princes in Amber are fantastic, a tour-de-force of sustained irony and tension as the protagonist wakes up in a hospital with no memory and bluffs, connives, and forces his way through
This entry is for Volume 1, which contains the first two books of the series (which begins with "Nine Princes in Amber"). The Amber Chronicles is 10 books in total. These are quality fantasy fiction titles and easy reads--short, fast-paced, plenty of action and twists. I took an immediate liking to Roger Zelazny's fanciful and at-times-archaic writing style; his words drew me in, placed me right alongside our bold protagonist, made me eager to read on to discover his success or failure.From what
Revisiting this sequence after many years. Bought the thing on a collectors whim while searching a specialist dealers website for something else. I found the books as interesting and stylish as I remembered.
Excellent
One of my all-time favorite books.
The first of a series - (eventually) Ten books! But in this one, the reader can see hints of what made Ursula LeGuin's fantasies so popular- some themes of Knighthood, mirror worlds (the bulk of the book is set in Amber- but there is a mirror world called Rebma which gets time too). Also, some of the themes that make fans so thrilled with Game of Thrones are here....if you enjoy jockeying for a throne by several brothers, loyalty, violence, and lovely language, Zelazny's series may be one you
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