Re: Zelazny recommendations



mimus wrote:
On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:31:57 -0700, baynole2@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

On Aug 29, 3:24 pm, "Mike Schilling" <mscottschill...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

The recent Dilvish discussion has made me realize than there's a
lot of Zelazny I've never read and perhaps some I'm wholly unaware
of. This list is what I can recall reading (together with a 1-5
star rating, in case anyone's interested.) I'm curious what's
missing from this list that you'd consider essential or at least
worth looking for.

This Immortal ****
The Dream Master ***
Lord of Light *****
Creatures of Light and Darkness **
Jack of Shadows ***
Deus Irae *
A Night in the Lonesone October ***
First Chronicles of Amber ****
Second Chronicles of Amber **1/2
My Name is Legion ****

I tried, very hard, but could never get into the "Amber" series.
Just
a bunch of artificial politics & machinations to me.

Agreed. Who cared?

And I'm not even _talkin'_ to anyone that only gives _Creatures of
Light and Darkness_ two stars . . . .

Hey, it's the writer's job to be coherent, not mine to figure out what
the hell he's going on about.


.



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