 A brief look at the landmark fantasy series of infinite alternate worlds, formidable magic, and a royal family with an incredible talent for scheming. Roger Zelazny (1937 - 1995) made his name with a series of acclaimed works of science fiction in the 1960s, which included the novels This Immortal (1965) and Lord of Light (1967). These earned him the Hugo Award for Best Novel twice inside the space of three years. Critic Algis Budrys said of Zelazny's first story collection that the author was "beginning where other famous people have arrived".
This success was all the more striking given that Zelazny was not a full-time writer. For much of the 1960s, he was working as a civil servant for the U.S. Social Security Administration, and his writing time was limited to the evenings. It was only in 1969 that he felt able to leave formal work, and take up writing full-time. Shortly afterwards, he began to publish a lengthy fantasy series which came to be known as The Chronicles of Amber.
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