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| Title | : | The Last Defender of Camelot |
| Author | : | Roger Zelazny |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 416 pages |
| Published | : | 2014 by ibooks (first published March 2002) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Science Fiction. Short Stories. Fiction |
Roger Zelazny
Paperback | Pages: 416 pages Rating: 4.04 | 1588 Users | 49 Reviews
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Here are 16 strange, beautiful stories spanning the full spectrum of Roger Zelazny's remarkable career. One of the most acclaimed writers in the field, Zelazny's rare ability to mix fantastical dream imagery with the real-life hardware of science fiction has won him more than a score of Hugo and Nebula nominations. He creates characters who live to haunt the reader beyond the page and who inhabit worlds both enchanting and disturbing--dazzling and memorable. 7 • Introduction (The Last Defender of Camelot) • essay by Robert Siverberg 11 • Comes Now the Power • (1966) • short story by Roger Zelazny 18 • For a Breath I Tarry • (1966) • novelette by Roger Zelazny 65 • The Engine at Heartspring's Center • (1974) • short story by Roger Zelazny 76 • Halfjack • (1979) • short story by Roger Zelazny 83 • Home is the Hangman • [Nemo] • (1975) • novella by Roger Zelazny 165 • Permafrost • (1986) • novelette by Roger Zelazny 195 • LOKI 7281 • (1984) • short story by Roger Zelazny 204 • Mana from Heaven • [Magic Goes Away] • (1983) • novelette by Roger Zelazny 250 • 24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai • [Cthulhu Mythos] • (1985) • novella by Roger Zelazny 329 • Come Back to the Killing Ground, Alice, My Love • [Kalifriki] • (1992) • novella by Roger Zelazny 388 • The Last Defender of Camelot • (1979) • novelette by Roger ZelaznyMention Books To The Last Defender of Camelot
| Original Title: | The Last Defender of Camelot |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 4.04 From 1588 Users | 49 ReviewsComment On Containing Books The Last Defender of Camelot
Finished re-reading this awesome book. Roger Zelazny is one of my favorite all time authors. This contains some great short stories dating from the early 1960s to the mid 1970s."The Stainless Steel Leech" is the humorous story about a "werebot," a vampiric type robot that feeds off the energy of other robots in a post apocalyptic world."Auto Da Fe" is of course a play on words with the Inquisition's title for "Act of Faith" or the public penance of a condemned heretic usually by burning at theThe short story of the title is among my all-time best-ever stories. I can think of only 2 other shorts that have stayed so well in my mind through my life, and Zelazny wrote one of those as well (Unicorn Variations). It may not sit well with Camelot purists, but to me it's just amazing.
Master of short storytelling!As with all anthologies of well written short stories, I had to take my time with this book, pausing between each one to let it sink in. I believe that the full power of the short story is best demonstrated in science fiction shorts because they cannot rely on the reader to fill in the setting and society but must build an entire world in a few thousand words. Zelazny is a master at that. I did not swoon over every story, some were more tchnical in focus than I
I only enjoyed a few of the short stories in this book. Not enough to keep it though. Bye bye!
The 2002 ibooks version of this was included in the "Humble Book Bundle: Sci-fi Classics". The ibooks version (same as the kindle version) is very different than the original. The 1980 version includes author introductions. The two versions also have a different list of stories.. Most importantly, the 2002 ibooks version is missing text. For example, the short story "Engine At Heartspring's Center" is missing the first 250 or so characters. The text in this edition starts with the sentence
Short stories.
Does include Home is the Hangman which is decent. Some of the others are worth reading as well.
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