The Last Defender of Camelot

by Roger Zelazny

Overview

After the fall of the Table Round, Launcelot DuLac fled England a broken man awaiting death. But death never came for him; instead, cursed, he has continued his search for the Holy Grail down through the ages, seeking a redemption that he fears he will never find. A chance meeting with Morgan LeFay makes him question his curse and his destiny, for Merlin is about to awake and Launcelot will be called on one last time to defend the ideals of King Arthur and the Table Round, because he is the last defender of Camelot. By the author of the 'Chronicles of Amber'! Roger Zelazny was a science fiction and fantasy writer, a six time Hugo Award winner, and a three time Nebula Award Winner. He published more than forty novels in his lifetime. His first novel 'This Immortal', serialized in 'The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction' under the title '...And Call Me Conrad', won the Hugo Award for best novel. 'Lord of Light', his third novel, also won the Hugo award and was nominated for the Nebula award. He died at age 58 from colon cancer. Zelazny was posthumously inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2010.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781515442844
Publisher:	Amber Ltd
Publication date:	12/23/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	46
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Roger Zelazny was a three-time Nebula Award and six-time Hugo Award-winning author of science fiction and fantasy classics, including the short stories “24 Views of Mount Fuji, by Hokusai,” “Permafrost,” and “Home is the Hangman.” Zelazny was the bestselling author of the ten-volume CHRONICLES OF AMBER series of fantasy novels, as well as the novels LORD OF LIGHT, and PSYCHOSHOP (written with Alfred Bester). Zelazny’s novel DAMNATION ALLEY served as the basis for the 1972 cult film of the same name, starring Jan Michael Vincent and George Peppard.

Editorial Reviews

This paperback original is a new collection of short stories by Roger Zelazny (1937-1995), a science fiction writer every young reader should know. Even old fans will find surprises in this collection. For instance, how many devotees have read “Passion Play,” Zelazny’s first published work, and how many are familiar with “He Who Shapes,” the foundation of his classic novel The Dream Master?

bn.com

Though SF "master of prose technique" and "paragon of the storytelling art" (in the introductory words of Robert Silverberg, himself a certified luminary) Roger Zelazny died in 1995, collections of his work appear on shelves with pleasing regularity. The Last Defender of Camelot, the fifth in the series of new Zelazny editions, offers readers 11 of what Silverberg has deemed his best stories, including "24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai," which earned him one of his six Hugos, and 1992's "Come Back to the Killing Ground, Alice, My Love," which has not been previously collected. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

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