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From: shaddock@rti-sel.UUCP (Mike Shaddock)
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Subject: Re: Zelazny novels on Dilvish ?
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Date: Fri, 11-Jan-85 09:16:32 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 11 09:16:32 1985
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In article <4110@ucbvax.ARPA> kupfer@ucbvax.ARPA (Mike Kupfer) writes:
>> 	I first read "The Changing Land" but
>> then picked up the other one (I forget its title). This seconds takes place
>> before "The Changing Land" but was apparently published after it. Anyone
>> know the story behind this curiousity ?
>
>I assume that Zelazny first wrote "The Changing Land" and then decided
>that Dilvish was an interesting enough character that he wrote
>"Dilvish, the Damned" (which I haven't read yet).  Does anyone know if
>the same thing (chronology in story is the opposite of publication
>order) happens with "To Die in Italbar" and "Isle of the Dead"?
>(Actually, it's not even clear to me which of those 2 stories is
>supposed to happen first.)
>-- 

As I understand it, the stories in "Dilvish, the Damned" appeared in
various magazines during the 60's and 70's.  Zelazny wrote "The
Changing Land" as a finale, and apparently decided to publish an
anthology of all of the other Dilvish stories when "The Changing Land"
did reasonably well.

On a different track, does anybody know if Zelazny is going to write
any more Amber novels?  I heard a rumor on the net about a year ago
that he had contracted to write 3 more and that the first would be out
in October, but I haven't seen it yet.

Mike Shaddock
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