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The chapter discusses Zelazny’s career through the remainder of the 1970s, a period during which his commercial popularity rose to new heights while his critical reputation began to decline. The next four novels of the Amber series show Zelazny’s continued interest in both exploring and undermining traditional fantasy narratives, while several standalone science fiction novels demonstrate his continued commitment to experimental narrative. Both the science fiction and the Amber fantasy novels begin the evolution of the “Zelazny hero” from a violent, alienated outsider to someone aware of the broader issues of community. Also noted are the importance of Zelazny’s relocation from Baltimore to Santa Fe, his unpublished crime novel as an example of the pitfalls of contractual overcommitment, and his limited and mostly unsatisfactory dealings with the film industry. |
