Zelazny is probably most widely known for his Amber series, a ten-book series written in two five-book chronicles.
Trumps and Descriptions of major characters, from the Visual Guide to Castle Amber.
| The First Chronicles of Amber | The Second Chronicles of Amber |
|---|---|
| Nine Princes in Amber (1970) | Trumps of Doom (1985) |
| The Guns of Avalon (1972) | Blood of Amber (1986) |
| Sign of the Unicorn (1975) | Sign of Chaos (1987) |
The Hand of Oberon (1976)  |
Knight of Shadows (1989) |
| The Courts of Chaos (1978) | Prince of Chaos (1991) |
| "Prolog to Trumps of Doom" (1985) |
| "The Salesman's Tale" (1994) |
| "Blue Horse, Dancing Mountains" (1995) |
| "The Shroudling and the Guisel"(1994) |
| "Coming to a Cord" (1995) |
| "Hall of Mirrors" (1996) |
| The Complete Amber Sourcebook (1996) |
| Roger Zelazny's Visual Guide to Castle Amber (1988) |
| L'Univers d'Ambre (1996) |
| a. |  Boris Vallejo | Doubleday | January 1979 | $5.95 |  SFBC hardcover, 2-volume set. Volume I contains the first two Amber books; Volume II contains books three through five. The two volumes were sold together, SFBC #2233. | |
| b. |  Boris Vallejo | Heyne | 1985? | DM 14.80 | 974 | German translation by Thomas Schlück. Paperback of first five books in one volume. ISBN 0739407007. Heyne 4275. |
| c. |  Ron Walotsky | SFBC | November 1999 | SFBC hardcover of the first five books in one volume. SFBC #06235, ISBN 0739407007. | ||
| d. |  Tim White | Morrow/Avon | December 1999 | $20.00 | 1258 | Trade paperback, with all 10 books in one volume. ISBN 0380809060. |
| e. | Morrow/Avon | $22.00 | 1258 | 9th edition trade paperback. | ||
| f. |  | Victor Gollancz Millennium Books | June 2000 | £8.99 | 772 | UK paperback, with first 5 books in one volume. ISBN 1857987268. |
| g. |  | Eksmo | 2005 | 1280 | Russian hardcover, with all 10 books in one volume. |
Gallery of trump images.
Info on Phage Press and Amberzine
The SciFi channel is producing Amber as a four hour miniseries, one of several upcoming projects. We'll have to see how well such a short treatment can pull off the complexity of Amber...
Info on the DC comics adaptations of Nine Princes in Amber and The Guns of Avalon.
The Amber Trumps, a page focusing on the etymological, historical and mythological backgrounds of Zelazny's Amber characters and trumps. Includes many original trumps.
Info on a French tarot deck
Ancient Powers is a play-by-email ADRPG game. As of August 4, sign-ups are being taken.
Nine Princes in Amber is being adapted into a movie by the same guy who did Starship Troopers. See the Sci-Fi Channel blurb for a little more information.
Vote for what actors should play which characters in a hypothetical (well, not so hypothetical any longer) Amber movie, and see the results.
An Amber collectible card game was being designed by Nebula Games, which now seems defunct. As of August 2000, Precedence had picked up the rights and had plans for a release in the 1st or 2nd quarter of 2001, but there is no information on their website concerning the game.
Summaries of the latest Amber stories.
Here are notes on Vialle, collected by Lydia Leong, plus a link to her Patternfall Amber MUSH page.
Casey Bowen upkeeps an unofficial page on Phage Press, which contains the lastest news on Amberzine, and information on available products.
Fairly comprehensive timeline of the Amber saga, covering right through the last book, Prince of Chaos. (Though not the short stories.)
Limited edition signed and numbered prints of Todd Cameron Hamilton's Trumps for The Visual Guide to Castle Amber.
Diane Duane, author of the Young Wizards series, dabbles in amateur cartography. According to a Duane biography page, "one of her early efforts, a USGS-type map of Roger Zelazny's fictional city, Amber, hung in the office of the deputy director of the US Geological Survey in Washington."
Zachary DeAquila wrote "Max's Change", inspired by a character he was playing in the Amber RPG.
Ed Carmien wrote an ADRPG short story which was published in Shadis Magazine, issues 33 and 34. The story was originally run at DexCon 5 in New Jersey in the summer of 1996.
Five reviews available
David Langford's "A Gadget Too Far", criticizes the use of magicical artifacts in the Second Chronicles of Amber. Scroll down to the second section, or search on the string "Zelazny" to jump to the Amber-related commentary.
How does Roger Zelazny explore the Themes of Truth and Reality? is James Harvey's dissertation focusing primarily on Amber, occasionally touching on other works.
"The Solitary Quest: The Hero's Search for Identity in Roger Zelazny's Amber" by Lyn Gardner
A few Amber quotes can be found on Mike Reichold's Zelazny site.
