Jon Betancourt must die!

[yendi]

So, I'm tracking down some info on Zelazny, and I found the following link:

http://www.wildsidepress.com/jgb.htm

For the record, Zelazny had stated numerous times that he'd never want anyone else writing the Amber universe. But according to Neil Gaiman's weblog, Zelazny's estate is administered by someone who apparently doesn't care a whit about his wishes (and no, I don't think it's Jane Lindskold -- I get the impression it's a blood relative).

This is wrong. On so many damned levels. Betancourt isn't capable of writing these characters. Few writers are. And the ones who are wouldn't stoop that low.

Comments

[terracinque.livejournal.com]

He wasn't even very old, was he? Seems like he was only in his fifties.

What else should I read by him? Don't recommend Amber, because fantasy really isn't my bag. If he wrote more books like Doorways, that would be right up my alley.

[yendi]

Yep. Mid-50s.

Well, Zelazny wasn't a big fan of distinguishing between fantasy and sci-fi -- most of his books cross the line. Damnation Alley, This Immortal, and Lord of Light are the only sci-fi he's written, and only Damnation Alley really avoids fantasy completely.

You'd also like A Night in the Lonesome October (although it's not sci-fi at all). It's hard to classify -- it's technically horror, in the sense of having supernatural creatures wandering London, possibly to bring about an apocolypse, but it's filled with literary archetypes. Basically, every October, the various players and their familiars compete to perform a ritual or stop it (depending on where they stand, and most folks shift). We get the classic vampire, witch, Holmes-like detective, etc. The entire book is told by the dog who is "Jack"'s familiar. It was his last solo novel.

[phantom_wolfboy]

I'd call Doorways in the sand SF.

[yendi]

True. With 50 books or so, I don't have them all memorized. :-)