Issue #414 - Vol. 35 No 1 - July 1995

Roger Zelazny, 1937-1995

Contains a detailed obituary focusing on Roger Zelazny's early life and career but also adequately covering the subsequent decades. One small black and white picture is included on the cover, and another larger picture is included on the first page of the obituary within.

Roger Zelazny 1937-1995 in memoriam - a tribute in words & pictures

A number of fellow authors and friends wrote up their thoughts for the memoriam, with reminiscences ranging from two paragraphs to nearly half a page. The included contributions are:

• "Roger Zelazny: An Appreciation" by Michael Bishop
• "The Lord of Light" by George R.R. Martin
• "My Three Rogers: An Appreciation" by Walter Jon Williams
• "Roger Zelazny" by Joe Haldeman
• "Roger Zelazny," including a haiku, by Sandra Miesel
• "Zelazny Appreciation" by Robert Silverberg
• "Memories of Roger" by Karen Haber
• "Roger Zelazny: An Appreciation" by Michael A. Stackpole
• "Roger Zelazny: A Remembrance" by Edward Bryant
• "There's Plenty of Time" by Katharine Kimbriel
• "Roger Zelazny" by Theodore Krulik
• "Roger Zelazny" by David M. Weber
• "Roger Zelazny" by Jack Dann
• "Requiem For a Rare Bird" by Jack C. Haldeman II (also reprinted in Nebula Awards 31)
• "Memories of Roger" by Jane Lindskold

The front cover features a color photograph of Zelazny, and 25 black and white photographs from throughout his life and career within. A photo from his memorial service concludes the memoriam.

Other Locus issues of potential interest include:

• October 1982 (#261) -- Review of Eye of Cat by Dan Chow
• August 1986 (#307) -- Review of Blood of Amber by Debbie Notkin
• September 1987 (#320) -- Review of Sign of Chaos by Debbie Notkin
• June 1989 (#341) -- Review of Frost and Fire by Tom Whitmore
• October 1989 (#345) -- Review of Knight of Shadows by Tom Whitmore
• October 1991 (#369) -- Interview, and reviews of Prince of Chaos and Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming by Tom Whitmore
• October 1992 (#381) -- Appreciation in memorium of Fritz Leiber (1910-1992), by Zelazny and others
• December 1992 (#383) -- Reviews of Way Up High and Here There Be Dragons by Carolyn Cushman
• March 1993 (#386) -- Review of If At Faust You Don't Succeed by Carolyn Cushman
• July 1993 (#390) -- Review of A Night in the Lonesome October by Carolyn Cushman
• February 1997 (#433) -- Review of The Williamson Effect by Mark R. Kelly
• August 1997 (#439) -- Review of Donnerjack by Carolyn Cushman
• September 1998 (#452) -- Review of Psychoshop by Gary K. Wolfe
• July 1999 (#462) -- Review of Lord Demon by Carolyn Cushman

All issues listed above, with the exception of #386, can be ordered from Locus.