![]() ![]() Brett Cox in Episode 467 of Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy (above). “So there have been hints that maybe that would lead to some kind of larger awareness.” ![]() ![]() “A few years ago now there was talk that Robert Kirkman, who did The Walking Dead, was wanting to do a miniseries of The Chronicles of Amber,” Cox says. Zelazny remains mostly unknown outside of science fiction, but Cox is hopeful that a film or TV adaptation could make him a household name, as happened with Zelazny’s close friend George R. “I quoted from a few younger writers at the end of the book about how Zelazny had influenced their work,” Cox says, “and I know full well that with at least one of them, and maybe all of them, that Amber was the gateway-the Amber books are what brought them in.” It just hooks them.”Īnd while Zelazny’s critical reputation may have declined over the years, his brisk, playful storytelling style has had an outsized influence on several generations of fantasy writers. It gives the readers a world to lose themselves in and be a part of. “And I think that the Amber series is a very good example of what literature can actually do. “There is often a gap between what we as academics or critics want literature to do and what literature actually does,” he says. Cox believes that the critical consensus about Amber is, at best, an oversimplification. In the ’70s and ’80s, Zelazny achieved phenomenal success with his 10-volume Amber series, but critics felt that the sword and sorcery tale was a waste of his talents. ![]()
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