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The Great Book of Amber - Community Reviews back

by Roger Zelazny
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Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios
Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios rated it 6 years ago
(Original Review, 1980)1 - The Amber series has had a great impact on the field they say.I have serious doubts about whether that is true. I will leave someone else to develop those arguments. However, in any case Farmer's WORLD OF TIERS series does NOT support this contention. The AMBER series is d...
Reading Adler's List
Reading Adler's List rated it 12 years ago
We’re all shadows in Zelazny’s world. Reflections of the one true world, Amber. Infinite in number and possibility. And the children of Oberon are the gods. Some duty-bound, some languid, but all mostly petty.Zelazny creates an epic mix of paganistic pantheons and Milton’s Paradise Lost. The...
kennethjmcginnis
kennethjmcginnis rated it 12 years ago
Bayesian Estimate (4/10/2014): 4.15828166
Brad Horner's Books
Brad Horner's Books rated it 12 years ago
I was still new to fantasy, having been a hardcore horror and sci-fi fan, then going through all of Zelazny's other works, when I decided to sit down to these stories.Seriously, I was impressed with the easy progression into a multi-universe view delineated between ultimate order and ultimate chaos....
VariousAwesomes
VariousAwesomes rated it 13 years ago
That's an average of 4 stars - 5 for Corwin's books and 3 for Merlin's. :|
booksliveforever
booksliveforever rated it 13 years ago
This start with a young girl named Sarah attending her Grandmother's funeral. She is staying with her mother and brother at the Amber House, which has been in there family for forever. She and Sam, her little brother are curious to see everything in the house. But Sarah wasn't expecting what she fou...
Kriss Morton - In the Loft of the Cabin Goddess
This is in the top three of my favorite books (well the whole thing is how I read it) of all time! I LOVE LOVE LOVE these books, LOVE the world of Amber, LOVE everything about it. We are on copy number three in the house because we read it all the time, it is right next to my classics! The BEST epic...
Melody Murray's Books
Melody Murray's Books rated it 16 years ago
You can't go home again. I adored these books when I was a kid. Read 'em over and over. I remember being furious with Zelazny for his cliff-hanger endings as the last few trickled out. And I remember thinking the quality was declining as the series lengthened. What I didn't remember, or what I was t...
Autumn Adventures
Autumn Adventures rated it 16 years ago
Nine Princes in Amber - Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Club December 2009 SelectionClick here for my review of Nine Princes.
Uncertain, Fugitive, Half-fabulous
Uncertain, Fugitive, Half-fabulous rated it 16 years ago
I love omnibuses (omnibi?) so how could I ignore ten books in one for $10? I've also been meaning to read him for awhile.
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