The Great Book of Amber

The Complete Amber Chronicles, 1-10

Trade Paperback, 1258 pages

English language

Published Dec. 11, 1999 by Avon-Eos.

ISBN:
978-0-380-80906-6
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OCLC Number:
1020236107

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4 stars (40 reviews)

Roger Zelazny's chronicles of Amber have earned their place as all-time classics of imaginative literature. Now, here are all ten novels, together in one magnificent omnibus volume. Witness the titanic battle for supremacy waged on Earth, in the Courts of Chaos, and on a magical world of mystery, adventure and romance. --back cover

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Review of 'The Great Book of Amber' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

didn't finish. The first 30 pages were fantastic - a man wakes up in a hospital bed with hostile nurses and no memory of who he is. He has to think his way out, gaining information little by little while never letting on that he knows nothing. That part was great. Everything after his memory loss seemed super boring.

reviewed The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny (The Chronicles of Amber, 1-10)

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4 stars

There are two storylines in this volume, each comprising five books, each about 600 pages long.

The first is a wonderful parallel-world story, intricately plotted and well told. Book one (which is the only book that can be read as a standalone story, though open-ended) introduces the world of Amber, its relationship to this world, its properties and inhabitants, as well as the protagonist's main quest. From the second book onwards, this quest becomes ever more complicated, and entangled in conspiracies on a growing scale, up to the impending destruction of the world as we know it (which, though a spoiler, can't really surprise anyone familiar with such stories). Indeed, Zelazny works with many clichés, but is always able to present them as subtle, ironic, or metaphorical, as needed. By the end of the fifth book, all threads resolve quite satisfyingly, and with a sense of closure.

Then the sixth …

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Subjects

  • Amber (Imaginary place) -- Fiction.
  • Fantasy fiction, American.
  • Science fiction, American.