reading (Trumps of Doom)
Mar. 2nd, 2007 11:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eorI started re-reading "Trumps of Doom" yesterday evening and finished it this evening. It's been a long time since I last read the Amber books and it was strange starting in the middle. But since this is the first book of the series that follows Corwin's son it is a someone logical starting place. Why did I start with this one? I recently acquired the hardcover of "Trumps" and "Blood of Amber".
The Amber novels are unlike any of Zelazny's other work. In a way I think he used them to indulge himself. There are lots of technical bits of swordplay, political intrigue, and soap opera. They sit in the middle between his early heavy metaphor work and his later more humorous works. The characters are as perfect as Burroughs' princesses, but you won't catch them swooning unless they've lost a helluva lot of blood.
17. Roger Zelazny "Trumps of Doom"
The Amber novels are unlike any of Zelazny's other work. In a way I think he used them to indulge himself. There are lots of technical bits of swordplay, political intrigue, and soap opera. They sit in the middle between his early heavy metaphor work and his later more humorous works. The characters are as perfect as Burroughs' princesses, but you won't catch them swooning unless they've lost a helluva lot of blood.
17. Roger Zelazny "Trumps of Doom"
