Nine Princes in Amber (The Gregg Press Science Fiction Series)

by Roger Zelazny

Awakening in an Earth hospital unable to remember who he is or where he came from, Corwin is amazed to learn that he is one of the sons of Oberon, King of Amber, and is the rightful successor to the crown in a parallel world. Reissue. (read review)

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Terence R
  • Rated 4 stars

A nicely written fantasy novel that throws in an interesting dash of philosophy and political struggle. You follow the struggles of Corwin, one of the Nine Princes of Amber, starting from a time when he has lost his memory. It's a standard plot trick to explain this strange world, but I felt it worked well. The trials that Corwin faces not only help define the character, but describe the world for you. I would all but guarantee that an avid fantasy reader would like this book and the rest of...

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jmadigan
  • Rated 2 stars

This is the first book in Roger Zelanzy's Chronicles of Amber megaseries, which I bought on impuls in one supercondensed tome. It's kind of hard to describe the book. See, there's this guy, Corwin, and he's a Prince of Amber, which is this city that's kind of a Platonian ideal of all cities, of which every other city is just a pale imitation. Oh, and not just cities in our world, but in the totality of an infinite number of parallel worlds. And Corwin is feuding and scheming with the other...

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