guy@h-sc1.UUCP (alfred guy) (07/01/85)
I just finished reading Zelazny's new Amber book, Trumps of Doom.
It's really good, go buy it and read it.
Well, I guess that's not a real article, is it?
The action is up to Amber standards, and for the first time he doesn't
go into a whole lot of detailed history of the land and its inhabitants.
One interesting twist is that the narrator is a different character
(ok, so it's a small spoiler, but they tell you this in the jacket
cover), and Zelazny has obviously been reading the papers, because
computer programming plays a role in the story. As usual the book
is too short, and the *ending* is inconclusive--he promises two more
books soon, but I really found it refreshing that he concentrates more
on the story than on explaining his philosophy. This book is written
more for people who have read the others than for new fans. But it
is still full of the same humor and wit that have characterized the
entire series, and the questions raised (which, like the identity of
Corwin's "Dr. Brandon Corey," will doubltess only be answered in
the final book) are exciting ones, so that my only regret is that
I discovered the book so soon after it came out (it is still in
hardcover), and will have to wait some time to read its sequel.
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