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Original Title:	Last Exit to Babylon (The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, Vol 4)
ISBN:	1886778795 (ISBN13: 9781886778795)
Edition Language:	English URL http://www.nesfa.org/press/Books/Zelazny-4.html
Series:	The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny #4

Last Exit to Babylon (The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny #4) Hardcover | Pages: 576 pages

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Title	:	Last Exit to Babylon (The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny #4)
Author	:	Roger Zelazny
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 576 pages
Published	:	July 1st 2009 by NESFA Press
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fantasy. Short Stories. Anthologies. Collections

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The fourth in a six-volume series, Volume 4: Last Exit to Babylon contains Zelazny's short works from the late 1970s and early 1980s when Zelazny's popularity opened new markets for his work. He continued to produce highly-crafted stories, such as the popular "The Last Defender of Camelot," the Hugo-winning "Unicorn Variation," and the Hugo and Nebula-winning "Home is the Hangman." The stories in this series are enriched by editors' notes and Zelazny's own words, taken from his many essays, describing why he wrote the stories and what he thought about them in retrospect.

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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. Most of his novelsAn excellent read. If you love Zelazny's writing, this is a must-have. While much of the book is stuff I've read before, the explanations of how the stories came to be written, what Zelazny was thinking & all were just fantastic. At the end, there is a section that gave me surprise as it went through book after book with a lot of background I'd never read anywhere before about some favorite books like "Jack of Shadows" & "Changeling". The two introductory pieces, one by Brust & the

the mother freakin "Madwands!" bastiches!

I think out of the volumes read so far, I like this one the best. The stories tend to be longer, and some sequential stories of characters (Dilvish and Legion) are included, so you get more of a sense of their stories than simply a brief vignette or mere glimpse of a larger picture. It seems that that was what Zelazny was going for technique-wise in many cases, and he did it well but, for me, rather less satisifying on a story level. I am still enjoying the notes at the end of the pieces and

reviews.metaphorosis.com 4 starsRoger Zelazny deserves every bit of his status as a legendary SFF author. At his best (which he often was - see Lord of Light), his prose verged on poetry without ever losing its readability. His short fiction (gathered in several partial collections over the years) was as good, if not better. So, running across a complete collection of his short works is as exciting to an SF fan as finding that a (more) affordable version of the [Jack] Vance Integral Edition is

As I said in my recap of the first three volumes of this series, everything is awesome, especially the notes after each story that give some insight into Zelaznys writing. Also, the biographical stuff and the speeches and essays at the end are great.With that out of the way, heres a list of all the stories in the book (not including poetry/articles/whatever). Ive bolded the ones I felt stood out. My Name Is Legion: PrécisThe Eve of RUMOKO (series: My Name Is Legion)

An excellent read. If you love Zelazny's writing, this is a must-have. While much of the book is stuff I've read before, the explanations of how the stories came to be written, what Zelazny was thinking & all were just fantastic. At the end, there is a section that gave me surprise as it went through book after book with a lot of background I'd never read anywhere before about some favorite books like "Jack of Shadows" & "Changeling". The two introductory pieces, one by Brust & the

http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/2768450.htmlThe later 1970s were a productive and fertile time for Zelazny's imagination; the one problem with this volume, the fourth of six collecting his short fiction, is that I have read it all before - My Name is Legion, Dilvish, the Damned, Unicorn Variations - I even have a copy of The Illustrated Roger Zelazny with the Jack of Shadows prequel "Shadowjack". Still, there is plenty of explanatory material outlining how each story came to be written, and a