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Four For Tomorrow
THE STRANGEST MANHUNT IN INTERSTELLAR HISTORY: when the three mutated men known as The Furies searched across the galaxy for Victor Corgo, captain of the Wallaby, ex-hero of Interstel, now traitor to mankind.
THE PARTY THAT LASTED FOREVER: where the ultra-rich members of "The Set" reveled for a night, then slept for years, then partied again, and slept again...and all the w...more
THE PARTY THAT LASTED FOREVER: where the ultra-rich members of "The Set" reveled for a night, then slept for years, then partied again, and slept again...and all the w...more
Paperback, 216 pages
Published
June 1st 1981
by Ace
(first published March 1967)
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Mar 11, 2013
Manny
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This book was titled "A Rose for Ecclesiastes" in the U.K. & both editions contain the same 4 stories.
The title story (in the U.K.) is one of his most famous stories & rightfully so. It's another story set on a fictional Mars, with a dying Martian race & Earthmen to study them. It doesn't sound too appealing - more hackneyed than anything. It is nothing of the kind. It's touching - a romance mystery. 'Rose' also appears in his collection "The Lamps of His Mouth, The Doors of His Face...more
The title story (in the U.K.) is one of his most famous stories & rightfully so. It's another story set on a fictional Mars, with a dying Martian race & Earthmen to study them. It doesn't sound too appealing - more hackneyed than anything. It is nothing of the kind. It's touching - a romance mystery. 'Rose' also appears in his collection "The Lamps of His Mouth, The Doors of His Face...more
Oct 31, 2008
Jim
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5 of 5 stars
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science-fiction
This book was titled "Four for Tomorrow" in the U.S. & both editions contain the same 4 stories.
The title story is one of his most famous stories & rightfully so. It's another story set on a fictional Mars, with a dying Martian race & Earthmen to study them. It doesn't sound too appealing - more hackneyed than anything. It is nothing of the kind. It's touching - a romance mystery. 'Rose' also appears in his collection "The Lamps of His Mouth, The Doors of His Face" as well as in a co...more
The title story is one of his most famous stories & rightfully so. It's another story set on a fictional Mars, with a dying Martian race & Earthmen to study them. It doesn't sound too appealing - more hackneyed than anything. It is nothing of the kind. It's touching - a romance mystery. 'Rose' also appears in his collection "The Lamps of His Mouth, The Doors of His Face" as well as in a co...more
This is a book of four classic stories by famed sci-fi author Roger Zelazny (effusive introduction by Theodore Sturgeon), representative of his work in the mid- and late 1960s. It was a real roller coaster ride for me, since I really liked the first and third stories, didn't care for the second one much at all, and was so-so about the fourth one. In order, the stories were:
THE FURIES: Two very different mutants and a retire assassin join forces to hunt down a heartless (literally) space pirate a...more
THE FURIES: Two very different mutants and a retire assassin join forces to hunt down a heartless (literally) space pirate a...more
In this classic short story, a mercurial genius poet linguist is on Mars as part of an expedition. He delves deep into the mythos of the ancient (and still existing) Martian civilization.
Zelazny’s story is astonishing in its beauty. The use of Book of Ecclesiastes to illustrate the ennui felt by the Martians is genius. The prose is masterful and gorgeous. It is not a long story, but it lingers.
The full text can be found here: https://www.msu.edu/user/carterca/ros...
http://www.books.rosboch.net/?...more
Zelazny’s story is astonishing in its beauty. The use of Book of Ecclesiastes to illustrate the ennui felt by the Martians is genius. The prose is masterful and gorgeous. It is not a long story, but it lingers.
The full text can be found here: https://www.msu.edu/user/carterca/ros...
http://www.books.rosboch.net/?...more
A piquant collection of short stories, I only gave it a four to fit in. Some of these stores are great and compelling. They all were somewhat interesting with an introduction by T. Sturgeon to help set the tone. I like the Graveyard Heart the least, and it is the longest story of bunch, but I have to admit it was unique. He mixes poetry and time travel in a forum I have never seen before. The writing makes it a bit tough to read though. It ranges from simple, well conceived to almost dreamlike.
I just reread this pretty awesome Roger Zelazny book which has 4 of his early stories. 3 of them are also found in "The Illustrated Roger Zelazny".
The first story, "The Furies" concerns a galactic manhunt for a mass killer by a trio with special talents.
The second story, "The Graveyard Heart" is about a wealthy privileged group of celebrities called "The Set" who sleeps cryogenically only to awaken periodically for the next long party.
The third, "The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth"...more
The first story, "The Furies" concerns a galactic manhunt for a mass killer by a trio with special talents.
The second story, "The Graveyard Heart" is about a wealthy privileged group of celebrities called "The Set" who sleeps cryogenically only to awaken periodically for the next long party.
The third, "The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth"...more
Just reread this after, well more than 20 years. It holds up, though I'm struck by how young the narrator's voice seems now that I'm almost 40, when he seemed so adult when I was 16.
Franchement pas le meilleur de Zelazny, et ça se sent le recyclage de fond de malle, mais bon, c'est quand même Zelazny alors, quand on a lu tout le reste... :P
A bit heavy on the White Saviour aspect but still enjoyable and a good story!
Jul 18, 2012
Erik Graff
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
Zelazny fans
Recommended to Erik by:
no one
Shelves:
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A collection of four stories by Roger Zelazny read during a break from school.
Four stories. Two good, two so-so.
Two are fairly straight-forward adventure stories, but something about the style with which they are told, a certain pretentiousness, gives the impression that the author thinks they're something more.
The other two contain more food for thought. "The Graveyard Heart" has an intriguing premise and a langourous style suitable to the subject matter, while "A Rose For Ecclesiastes", while not free of pretension, ends up being quite moving, and feels like a kind of r...more
Two are fairly straight-forward adventure stories, but something about the style with which they are told, a certain pretentiousness, gives the impression that the author thinks they're something more.
The other two contain more food for thought. "The Graveyard Heart" has an intriguing premise and a langourous style suitable to the subject matter, while "A Rose For Ecclesiastes", while not free of pretension, ends up being quite moving, and feels like a kind of r...more
Listened to "The Furies".
I love the way Zelazny uses words.
"In four years' time a facial avalanche had occurred, leaving its gaps and runnels across his expensive frown and dusting the face fur a shade lighter."
I enjoyed each of the stories in this collection. Had I enjoyed all of them as much as I did the last one, A Rose for Ecclesiastes, I'd give the book five stars.
"In four years' time a facial avalanche had occurred, leaving its gaps and runnels across his expensive frown and dusting the face fur a shade lighter."
I enjoyed each of the stories in this collection. Had I enjoyed all of them as much as I did the last one, A Rose for Ecclesiastes, I'd give the book five stars.
Collection of four stories. I don't have the book at hand at the moment and it's been awhile... One or two have been published in other collections. All are pretty decent if not, apparently, incredibly memorable.
My thoughts (along with "Frost and Fire" and "Last Defender of Camelot" both also worth reading):
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Four award winning short stories by one of the New Wave master's of Science Fiction
2 great short stories and 2 not so great that im currently reading
Four For Tomorrow by Roger Zelazny (1967)
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Roger Zelazny made his name with a group of novellas which demonstrated just how intense an emotional charge could be generated by the stock imagery of sf; the most famous of these is 'A Rose for Ecclesiastes' in which a poet struggles to convince dying and sterile Martians that life is worth continuing. Zelazny continued to write excellent short stories throughout his career, which share the inve...more
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