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Roger Zelazny

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Roger Zelazny was an American science fiction and fantasy writer known for his unique literary style and rich imagination. His works spanned a wide range of genres from science fiction to fantasy, with his most famous series including 'The Chronicles of Amber' and 'Avalon'. Zelazny began his writing career in the 1950s, and his works have had a profound impact on science fiction and fantasy literature in the following generations.

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Famous Roger Zelazny Quotes

“But it is written that it is better to burn one city than to curse the darkness.”

Book:Four for tomorrow

Source: Four for tomorrow

“Death and Light are everywhere, always, and they begin, end, strive, attend, into and upon the Dream of the Nameless that is the world, burning words within Samsara, perhaps to create a thing of beauty.”

World Ends Dream Light Strive Burning Nameless Samsara

Author:Roger Zelazny

“Be warned, therefore, that one does not go to hell to light a cigarette.”

Doe Light Hell Cigarette Go To Hell

Book:This Immortal

Source: This Immortal

“A bizarrerie of fires, cunabulum of light, it moved with a deft, almost dainty deliberation, phasing into and out of existence like a storm-shot piece of evening; or perhaps the darkness between the flares was more akin to its truest nature swirl of black ashes assembled in prancing cadence to the lowing note of desert wind down the arroyo behind buildings as empty yet filled as the pages of unread books or stillnesses between the notes of a song.”

Source: Frost and Fire

About the Author

Born: May 13, 1937
Died: June 14, 1995
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 133

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Lord of LightRelated source material

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Nine princes in Amber. The guns of AvalonRelated source material

Creatures of Light and DarknessRelated source material

The Chronicles of Amber: Nine princes in AmberRelated source material

Unicorn VariationsRelated source material

Bridge of AshesRelated source material

Doorways in the SandRelated source material

Isle of the Dead ; Eye of CatRelated source material

Sign of the unicorn. The hand of Oberon. The Courts of ChaosRelated source material

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