false 92121 25 Exiled to the Shadows for centuries, a man more than mortal awakens in an Earth hospital with no memory of his past and is surrounded by enemies who hunger for his destruction. For Corwin is the rightful successor to the throne of the real world. But to rule, he must conquer impossible realities and demonic assassins . . . and survive the most insidious malevolence imaginable wrought by his own family. 1383240 book 1972 Nine Princes in Amber (Amber Chronicles 1) total:1598|5:712|4:544|3:260|2:73|1:9| 1598 6671 1915 112 5 7 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Dec 19 03:16:39 -0800 2007 Wed Sep 02 03:32:40 -0700 2009
I re-read this every 5 years or so. It's the start to one of the best series I've ever read. Zelazny is a super writer & this book started a se...more...]]> 4 3 false false Sat Dec 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 20:28:30 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 20:33:03 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Apr 22 12:24:47 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 08:17:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1974 Sat Jun 16 20:22:38 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 18 11:00:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 11 18:10:24 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 18:26:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 01:45:29 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 01:46:22 -0700 2009 German edition – German review:

Liest man den ersten Roman der Chroniken von Amber, so fragt man sich, wie daraus jemals ein solcher Klassiker geworden ist und was den Verlag bewogen haben mag, weitere Bände hinterher zu schieben. Stilistisch ist "Corwin von Amber" ziem...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 12:28:50 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 12:42:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Dec 09 08:15:29 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 08:22:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 05:40:26 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 19:42:42 -0800 2009 All at once, Zelazny writes in really bad make-believe Shakespeare prose and then later in the sa...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 18 16:44:43 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 17:05:38 -0700 2009
The ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 20:42:27 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 20:42:27 -0700 2009 I didn't breeze through Nine Princes, despite it being a short book, but I was never bored with it either. It was fascinating to the point where I felt like I was immersed in the main ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 17 19:32:28 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 19:41:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 03 21:17:34 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 03 21:50:56 -0800 2008 Note: This review refers collectively to the entire Chronicles of Amber (Books 1-5)

As some of you know, I occasionally spend waste my time playing Zangband, an addictive and free rogue-like computer game. Though it's not overtly obvious from the game's website, it is heavily inspired by ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 24 08:52:28 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 26 11:47:21 -0700 2009
Having Corwin wake up with amnesia is an interesting technique. It allows us to learn about his world and family at the same time he does. As he figures out how walking in the Shadows work...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 03 05:57:45 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 05:58:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 07:55:37 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 07:51:52 -0700 2008 ripped off by Cassie Claire in the Draco Trilogy. After Pamela Dean, I think she took the most from Zelazny, so naturally I was eager to investigate Nine Princes in Amber -- which I had never heard of.

It was... uniq...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 15:23:03 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 21:30:52 -0700 2008 Nine Princes in Amber out of the library in part because I'd seen a lot of good comments about it here on GoodReads. After reading it I'm wondering if this is one of those books that you love if you first read it when you were young, but doesn't quite grab you if you're coming at it as an ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 12:10:30 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 12:21:31 -0700 2008 As the story begins, our hero wakes up in a pr...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1987 Sat Jan 19 23:02:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 19 23:14:13 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 26 16:46:27 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 04 20:59:51 -0800 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=92121