The Road to Amber — Volume 6: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny

The last in a six-volume series Volume 6: The Road To Amber, the last in the series, covers the final five years of Zelazny's career in the early 1990s, when he reached for new ideas and continued familiar themes with stories such as "Godson" and "Godson: A Play in Three Acts," two more Wild Cards stories ("Concerto for Siren and Serotonin" and "The Long Sleep"), and a linked sequence of five Amber stories leading to planned but unwritten Amber novels. The Collected Stories Of Roger Zelazny (frontispiece portrait) • (2009) • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan A Word from the Editors (The Collected Stories Of Roger Zelazny) • (2009) • essay by David G. Grubbs and Christopher S. Kovacs and Ann Crimmins Roger Zelazny • essay by Jane Lindskold Remembering Roger • essay by Gerald Hausman The Trickster • essay by Gardner Dozois Godson • (1994) • novelette by Roger Zelazny Godson: A Play in Three Acts • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny Our Own Piece of the Sky • poem by Roger Zelazny The Appetite and Rising Sun • poem by Roger Zelazny Cry of the Needy • poem by Roger Zelazny Come Back to the Killing Ground, Alice, My Love • [Kalifriki] • (1992) • novella by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (Come Back to the Killing Ground, Alice, My Love) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs Prince of the Powers of This World • (1993) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny Storm • (1981) • poem by Roger Zelazny The Long Crawl of Hugh Glass • (1995) • novelette by Roger Zelazny Walking, of Course • (1994) • poem by Roger Zelazny Spinning the Day Through My Head • (1981) • poem by Roger Zelazny Tunnel Vision • (1994) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny Epithalamium • (1995) • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny Paranoid Game • (1981) • poem by Roger Zelazny The God and Frustrate Shrine • (1981) • poem by Roger Zelazny Prelude the First (Forever After) • (1995) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny Prelude the Second (Forever After) • (1995) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny Prelude the Third (Forever After) • (1995) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny Prelude the Fourth (Forever After) • (1995) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny Postlude (Forever After) • (1995) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny Ikhnaton's Hymn to the Sun • (1996) • poem by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (Ikhnaton's Hymn to the Sun) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs The Rational Gods • poem by Roger Zelazny Lady of Steel • (1995) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny The Three Descents of Jeremy Baker • (1995) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (The Three Descents of Jeremy Baker) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs The Sleeper: Character Outline • [Croyd Crenson] • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny Concerto for Siren and Serotonin • [Croyd Crenson] • (1988) • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny Spring Morning: Missive • (1981) • poem by Roger Zelazny The Long Sleep • [Croyd Crenson] • (1993) • novelette by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (The Long Sleep) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs A Word from George R. R. Martin (The Long Sleep) • essay by George R. R. Martin The Realm of Zelazny's Amber (map) • interior artwork by Elizabeth T. Danforth and Roger Zelazny [as by Roger Zelazny and Liz Danforth ] Prolog to Trumps of Doom • [Amber Stories] • (1985) • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny (variant of Prolog (Trumps of Doom)) A Word from Zelazny (Prolog to Trumps of Doom) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs The Road to Amber • [Amber Stories] • (1996) • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny The Great Amber Questionnaire • (1978) • essay by Ken St. Andre and Roger Zelazny A Secret of Amber • [Amber Stories] • (2005) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny and Ed Greenwood The Salesman's Tale • [Amber Stories] • (1994) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (The Salesman's Tale) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs Blue Horse, Dancing Mountains • [Amber Stories] • (1995) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (Blue Horse, Dancing Mountain) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs The Shroudling and the Guisel • [Amber Stories] • (1994) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (The Shroudling and the Guisel) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs Coming to a Cord • [Amber Stories] • (1995) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (Coming to a Cord) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs Hall of Mirrors • [Amber Stories] • (1996) • novelette by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (Hall of Mirrors) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs On Writing Horror After Reading Clive Barker • (1990) • essay by Roger Zelazny "When It Comes It's Wonderful": Art Versus Craft in Writing • (1995) • essay by Roger Zelazny Warriors and Dreams • (1995) • essay by Roger Zelazny (variant of Introduction (Warriors of Blood and Dream)) "... And Call Me Roger": The Literary Life of Roger Zelazny, Part 6 • [And Call Me Roger • 6] • essay by Christopher S. Kovacs Sandow's Shadow (Outline) • [Francis Sandow] • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (Sandow's Shadow (Outline)) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs Shadowland (Outline) • [Jack of Shadows] • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (Shadowland (Outline)) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs Dysonized Biologicals (Outline) • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny Donnerjack, of Virtù: A Fable for the Machine Age (Outline) • shortfiction by Roger Zelazny A Word from Zelazny (Donnerjack, of Virtù: A Fable for the Machine Age (Outline)) • essay by Roger Zelazny and Christopher S. Kovacs A Zelazny Timeline • essay by Christopher S. Kovacs and Alice N. S. Lewis and David G. Grubbs Z-World • essay by Michael Whelan Z-World • interior artwork by Michael Whelan The Quintessential Roger Zelazny • essay by David G. Grubbs and Christopher S. Kovacs and Ann Crimmins Isle of Regret • essay by Trent Zelazny In Memoriam: Roger Zelazny, the Lord of Light • essay by George R. R. Martin Acknowledgments (The Collected Stories Of Roger Zelazny) • (2009) • essay by David G. Grubbs and Christopher S. Kovacs and Ann Crimmins The last in a six-volume series The Road To Amber , covers the final five years of Zelazny's career in the early 1990s, when he reached for new ideas and continued familiar themes with stories such as Godson and Godson: A Play in Three Acts , two more Wild Cards stories ( Concerto for Siren and Serotonin and The Long Sleep ), and a linked sequence of five Amber stories leading to planned but unwritten Amber novels. Table of Contents Introductions 11 Roger Zelazny (by Jane Lindskold) 19 Remembering Roger (by Gerald Hausman) 25 The Trickster (by Gardner Dozois) Stories 35 Godson 59 Godson: A Play in Three Acts 113 Come Back to the Killing Ground, Alice, My Love (series: Kalifriki) 157 Prince of the Powers of This World 165 The Long Crawl of Hugh Glass 197 Tunnel Vision 199 Epithalamium 221 Forever After: Preludes and Postlude 269 Lady of Steel 271 The Three Descents of Jeremy Baker 279 The Sleeper: Character Outline (series: Wild Cards) 283 Concerto for Siren and Serotonin (series: Wild Cards) 331 The Long Sleep( Wild Cards) Amber 364 Amber Map 365 Prolog to Trumps of Doom 369 The Road to Amber 373 The Great Amber Questionnaire 381 A Secret of Amber (with Ed Greenwood) 385 The Salesman's Tale 399 Blue Horse, Dancing Mountains 405 The Shroudling and the Guisel 417 Coming to a Cord 425 Hall of Mirrors Articles 445 On Writing Horror After Reading Clive Barker 447 "When It Comes It's Wonderful": Art versus Craft in Writing 461 Warriors and Dreams 469 "...And Call Me Roger": The Literary Life of Roger Zelazny, Part 6 Curiosities 523 Sandow's Shadow (outline) (series: Francis Sandow) 533 Shadowland (outline) (series: Shadowjack) 541 Dysonized Biologicals (outline) 545 Donnerjack, of Virt: A Fable for the Machine Age (outline) Celebration 555 A Zelazny Timeline 563 Z-World (by Michael Whelan) 575 The Quintessential Roger Zelazny 579 Isle of Regret (by Trent Zelazny) 583 In Memoriam: Roger Zelazny (by George R. R. Martin) Songs (in "Godson: A Play in Three Acts") 60 My Given Name Is Death 63 Why Do Little Boys Lie? 68 It's Rough Being a Bike 72 Be a Doctor 76 Why's Good-bye So Easy for Him? 77 Remembering 78 Oh, How the Dying Goes On 82 Oh, Wondrous Weed 90 The Man Who Went Away 93 Betrayed 103 Let's Do It 107 Save That Quarterback Poetry 110 Our Own Piece of the Sky 111 The Appetite and Rising Sun 112 Cry of the Needy 159 What Child Is This? 164 Storm 194 Walking, of Course 196 Spinning the Day Through My Head 218 Paranoid Game 220 The God and Frustrate Shrine 263 Ikhnaton's Hymn to the Sun 267 The Rational Gods 329 Spring Morning: Missive "This six volume collection includes all of Zelazny's know short fiction and poetry, three excerpts of important novels, a selection of non-fiction essays, and a few curiosities."--V. 1, p. 5.