Customer Reviews
Typo horror...... - By: Nathan Mimble, 02 Dec 2008 
Whether you like the writing of Zelazny or not... or whether you are new to his writings... I would urge you not to get this particular version. The book is filled with horrendous typographical errors which quickly become more than a nuisance...in places words are simply wrong & it makes reading some sentences impossible.
I am not exaggerating when I say there are at least 2 typos on every single one of the 800 odd pages... if this was a PhD thesis some one would be spending another month doing corrections
Be wary of some of the Masterworks titles - By: N. Burgess, 13 Apr 2008 I really tried to like this book due to it's many good reviews & it's inclusionin the Fantasy Masterworks series, but I found it quite difficult to understand & not very accessible at all. I don't like books where you have to keep re-reading a page until it makes some kind of sense, a good story should be easy to read. My criticism of the Masterworks series is that the selections are very much a 'critics choice', the sort of books that tick all the boxes amongst the intelligentsia, good for writing an A-level project on, but are not necessarily an entertaining read. Be careful with some Masterworks titles, there are some genuine classics there but there's also plenty of 'for critics only' selections, which is a pity.
A Fantasy Series to Savour - By: Lil Shepherd, 14 Oct 2004 
If Roger Zelazny had written nothing but this series & 'Lord of Light' he would still be acknowledged as one of the greatest talentsin the field.
Coming back to Amber recently,in this edition, & reading it from cover to cover, I was struck by the brilliance of the prose. Because this book is writtenin the first person by a character with experience of many worlds it allows Zelazny to use modern slang & poetic language bothin dialogue & description without a single jar that I can detect. Often a single, perfectly chosen word or phrase conjours up the required image - & this book is full of rich images & even richer characterisation.
The book - & it is really one book, not a sequence of five - can be read on many levels. When I was first introduced to it, as a teenager, I devoured a wonderful adventure story, & it remains thrill-a-minute stuff, but each time I read it I find more nuances containedin a highly complex plot that never condescends to the reader & never fails to surprise. Even bit-part characters have their own arc, though as they are always seen through Corwin's eyes our understanding of them is limited by his - which also, of course, increases as the book progresses. We are also left to ponder whether, indeed, the conclusion of this story is that, "people change" or whether it is Corwin, or his perceptions, that have changed.
So is the book about perception? About change? About immortality? About growing up?
Yes, & many other things.
There are not many fantasies around so different from Tolkien, so complex, or so well written. Highly recommended, to anyone from 10 to 100.
Work of art! - By: , 26 Aug 2003 The five first stories, written by Zelazny, of Amber are also the five best! It is compelling & rich with detail & action.
The story itself starts simple: a man wakes up & remembers nothing. Then he gets dragged into the world of his past & into his family & into a world of imagination only a few could create!
Despite the fact that the story itself bears similarities to P.J. Farmer's World of Tiers story, it has enough class & depth to ensure hours of reading!
This is a book that all sci-fi or fantasy readers can enjoy!
Dissapointment - By: , 27 Apr 2002 Many people believe that this is great book, butin my opinion it is horrible. It's not even a fantasy, but stupid storyin the type of cheap comic-books as "X-Men". The characters are on the level of Tv super-heroes. The plot s an absurd. The style is boring, boring.
Don't waste your money to this book.
