Seven years later he was supporting himself financially as a writer. Roger Zelazny was born May 13th, 1937 and by 1962 he had earned a master’s degree in English. This author wonders: “How many readers have never gotten all the way down the list, leaving Zelazny a mystery?” And so, around the anniversary of his birth, let’s take a look at this three-time Nebula Award winner (nominated 14 times), six-time Hugo Award winner (coincidentally, also 14 nominations) and “last-but-by- no– means-least” author, focusing on his best-known work: The Chronicles of Amber. Today, Steve Bean explores Zelazny’s work and the impact it had on both fiction and gaming.īy virtue of his unusual last name, Roger Zelazny is last in Appendix N. The idea of space gods seems somewhat commonplace today, but Roger Zelazny is the reason that most of us are familiar with them.
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Our Adventures in Fiction series is meant to take a look at the writers and creators behind the genre(s) that helped to forge not only our favorite hobby but our lives.
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