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This is a parting goodbye to the golden age of Sci-Fi. Science was discovering just how lifeless Mars really was, and Zelazney wanted to write something fantastical beforehand. The end of a civilization, and the beginning of something new, all before the backdrop of Martian soil.
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Grave, nostalgic, classical in form and epic.
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
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- Author
- Roger Zelazny
- First published
- 1975
- Pages
- 211
- Publisher
- Baen, Ace, Panther Books
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- und, English, French
- ISBN
- 9780441249015
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Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American fantasy and science fiction writer known for his short stories and novels, best known for The Chronicles of Amber series. He won the Nebula Award three times (out of 14 nominations) and the Hugo Award six times (also out of 14 nominations), including two Hugos for novels: the serialized novel ...And Call Me Conrad (1965), subsequently published under the title This Immortal (1966), and the novel Lord of Light (1967).
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