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Roger Zelazny's Chaos and Amber

Status: Read
Author: John Gregory Betancourt
Price: $6.99
Release Date: 31 August, 2005
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Review:

This is the first book in a new, third series in the Chronicles of Amber. For those unfamiliar with the series, it is a high fantasy epic series by Roger Zelazny that is a defining work in the genre. People new to the series should start with “Nine Princes in Amber.”

For those familiar with the series, there may be tredipdation caused by the fact that it is a prequel series, has an embarassingly bad dusk-jacket writeup, and the fact that Zelazny had nothing to do with the series. Visions of bad fanfic kept me away until it was recommended as acceptable by a friend, who even loaned me the first three books in the series.

Having now read it, I can say that it was very much done by a professional writer with a good understanding of the Amberverse, but without a fanboy attachment to it. Details and characters feel consistant, without the feeling of inevitability that often accompanies prequel novels.

The first book is a worthy effort, and was sufficiently good to have me reaching for the second.

   
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