DiscoDadda wrote:Do you have to read Kane in any order? Tom
JasonZavoda wrote:(I had the paperback copy with the knight in armor on the white background as a cover illustration).The series just kept on getting better from there.
rhynne wrote:Hey everyone,Yeah!! Fellow Amberites. I also owned the paperback copy that Jason described.Then picked up the Avon paperbacks after that, and eventually the Omnibus. Still have hardcovers of the 2nd series on the bookshelf.Just out of curiosity have any of you ever read the other Amber books by John Gregory Betancourt? I heard they were authorized by the Zelazny estate but received lots of mixed reviews.I figure I'd pass on them, as not the same unless they were written by the man himself.I heartily recommend his collection of short stories "Unicorn Varations", and the novel "A Night in the Lonesome October".Best regards,Ronald
JasonZavoda wrote:I haven't even managed to choke down the slim volumes of the second series by Zelazny yet. I've picked up and dropped Trumps of Doom three or four times over the years but could never get into it.There is a lot of good Zelazny out there, and a lot of fun stuff too, even if it isn't the best, but not too fond of his books written with others, or by others, or however they were created.Lord of Light is excellent, the Divlish books are fun, Roadmarks was fun. I've tried the Masks of Loki and the Black Throne but never got into them. The best of Zelazny's stuff is easy to come by because most of it was turned into Book Club editions. He was a very good writer with some great stories, and some crap, mostly at the end of his carrier.
MetamorphosisSigma wrote:I (to my eternal shame) did actually purchase the first Betancourt Amber book. I don't even recall the title. It sucked. My understanding is that JGB purchased the rights to the Amber franchise from the Zelazny estate, and that he was in no way chosen by RZ himself as the one to continue the series (which as mentioned, should have been ended after Courts of Chaos anyway ).
MetamorphosisSigma wrote:Cool, thanks. I think I've seen it on Amazon, but whenever I do I don't have money, and whenever I have money I forget to look for it. I guess that's what wish lists are for, but I spend less money this way .
Center_Stage wrote:Has anyone else read the "Song of Albion" trilogy by Stephen Lawhead?I thought the series was excellent. Definitely easy reading, but very well done.Other favorites include - Michael Moorcock (The Corum and Elric books)Fred SaberhagenTerry Brooks - Landover novels (not Shannara...blech!)Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman - The first and most recent trilogyI tend to enjoy the lighter side of fantasy novels and like to enjoy an "easy read." Every once in awhile, I'll pick up something by Lin Carter just for laughs. Sorry I'm a latecomer to this thread
JasonZavoda wrote:I've tried a few Lawhead books but never got into them. Moorcock is a excellent writer, but I hate what he writes about with Elric and Corum. I'm just starting the Runestaff books (Jewel in the Skull).I've only read Lin Carter as an editor writing introductions to other collections (Like Flashing Swords). What has she written on her own?
JasonZavoda wrote:The copy I have is called Viriconium, a soft cover. A bantam spectra trade paperback ISBN 0-553-38315-9Inside the cover it saysISBN-13: 978-0-553-383157ISBN-10: 0-553-38315-9
FormCritic wrote:Don't read any Elric novel written after Stormbringer.
The others can be taken at random, with Erekose being the least important (like The Dragon in the Sword where nothing actually happens the entire novel...with our characters actually wandering about unarmed for much of the story, like kids from an after-school special).
MetamorphosisSigma wrote:The first Erekose book (The Eternal Champion) was actually MM's first novel. It shows . Like you say, the rest of them go downfill from there.I actually quite liked the Oswald Bastable stuff (and all of the miscellaneous League of Temporal Adventurers-related work). I could do without the Cornelius Chronicles (ugh).BUT, the absolute worst novel MM ever wrote... (drumroll please)... The 250 page excuse for soft lesbian porn and S&M known as "The Adventures of Una Persson and Catherine Cornelius in the 20th Century" (yeah, I s41t you not, the cover even depicts the two of them buck naked with firearms).