Author · 1937–1995
Roger Zelazny
Roger Zelazny was an U.S. science fiction and fantasy writer and poet (1937–1995). Born in Euclid.
Our catalogue lists 6 books by Roger Zelazny, mostly epic fantasy, mythic fiction and adventure fiction. They span 1969 to 2003. The most-read is A Night in the Lonesome October (1993).
Books by Roger Zelazny
A Night in the Lonesome October
Roger Zelazny
Creatures of Light and Darkness
Roger Zelazny
Roadmarks
Roger Zelazny
A Farce to be Reckoned With
Roger Zelazny, Robert Sheckley
Lord Demon
Roger Zelazny
Manna from Heaven
Roger Zelazny
Awards
- 🏆Hugo Awards 1987 — Best Novelette, Permafrost (winner)
- 🏆Hugo Awards 1986 — Best Novella, 24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai (winner)
- 🏆Hugo Awards 1982 — Best Novelette, Unicorn Variation (winner)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1976 — Best Novel, Doorways in the Sand (nominee)
- 🏆Hugo Awards 1976 — Best Novella, Home Is the Hangman (winner)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1972 — Best Novel, Jack of Shadows (nominee)
- 🏆Hugo Awards 1968 — Best Novel, Lord of Light (winner)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1968 — Best Novella, Damnation Alley (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1967 — Best Novelette, This Moment of the Storm (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1967 — Best Novelette, For a Breath I Tarry (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1967 — Best Short Story, Comes Now the Power (nominee)
- 🏆Hugo Awards 1966 — Best Novel, This Immortal (winner)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1966 — Best Short Story, The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1964 — Best Short Story, A Rose for Ecclesiastes (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1995 — Best Novel, A Night in the Lonesome October (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1987 — Best Novelette, Permafrost (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1986 — Best Novella, 24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1976 — Best Novel, Doorways in the Sand (nominee)
- 🏆Nebula Awards 1976 — Best Novella, Home Is the Hangman (winner)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1975 — Best Short Story, The Engine at Heartspring's Center (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1970 — Best Novel, Isle of the Dead (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1968 — Best Novel, Lord of Light (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1968 — Best Novelette, This Mortal Mountain (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1968 — Best Novelette, The Keys to December (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1967 — Best Novelette, This Moment of the Storm (nominee)
- 🏆Nebula Awards 1966 — Best Novelette, The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth (winner)
- 🏆Nebula Awards 1966 — Best Novella, He Who Shapes (winner)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1966 — Best Short Story, Devil Car (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2011 — Best Collection, Nine Black Doves (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2011 — Best Collection, The Road to Amber (nominee)
Biography
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).