Roger Zelazny's Visual Guide to Castle Amber

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ROGERZELAZNY'SVISUALGUIDETOCASTLEAMBERisan
original publication of Avon Books. This work has never before
appearedinbookform.
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Copyright© 1988by Bill Fawcett&Associates, Inc.
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CONTENTS
Introduction 7
Castle Exterior 12
Map
17
Main Hall 20
The Yellow Room and
Front Sitting Rooms 22
First Floor
Map 24-25
First Floor Guest Rooms and
Treasury Room 26
Kitchen and Armory 28
Great Hall 30
Stairwayinto Kolvir 36
Guards'Stations and
the Dungeons 38
The Dungeons and the
Pattern ofAmber 44
Second Floor 46
Map 48-49
Apartments
Guest 50
Merlin's 52
Brand's 54
Fiona's 56
Corwin's 58
Deirdre's 62
Martin's 64
Unused Guest Apartments
and Dining Room 66
Llewella's 70
Caine's 72
Julian's 74
Gerard's 76
Bleys's 78
Benedict's 80
Eric's 82
The Library 84
Third Floor 88
Map 90-91
Apartments ofthe King and Queen 92
The Library 98
The Fencing Room and the
Laboratory 100
Flora's Apartments 102
Fourth Floor
Map 106-107
City 108
Map 109
The Greater Trumps 119
Benedict 124
Bleys 126
Brand 128
Caine 130
Corwin 132
Dalt 134
Dara 136
Deirdre 138
Eric 140
Fiona 142
Flora 144
Gerard 146
Julian 148
Llewella 150
Luke 152
Mandor 154
Martin 156
Merlin 158
Random 160
Vialle 162
Oberon 164
Dworkin 166
Ghostwheel 168
Shadow-shifting and Hellrides 170
Shadow-storms 178
The Pattern ofAmber 180
Courts ofChaos and the Logrus 184
Jewel ofJudgment 186
Dworkin 188
Rebmaand Tir-naNog'th 190
Lighthouse at Cabra 194
Arden Forest and the Hellhounds 196
The Arts 200
Crime and Punishment 204
Magic 206
Religion and Mythology 208
Floraand Fauna 214
Trade and Commerce 218
Appendix: The Families of
Oberon 220-221
INTRODUCTION
We invaded his house. It's a simple as that.
For four days we occupied the peak hours of Roger
Zelazny'sday. Dayswhenheshouldhavebeenwritingthe
ninth Amber novel. Or something about unicorns. Or
cats. Or maybe even lords and light.
But he put up with us, all four of us. Todd Hamilton
and Jim Clouse peppered him with question after
interminable question about Castle Amber itself, and
later about the art of the Trumps. Bill Fawcett, who
organizeditall,extractedevenmoreinformation. Isatin
the corner, reading the as-yet-unreleased Sign ofChaos.
It was an honor, and I won't easily forget it.
And with each new question Roger Zelazny would
stop, and raise his hands, and then put them back down
andletthewordspourforth. Oftenhewouldclosehiseyes
ashetalked, recallingeverylastdetailabouttheworld he
— —
created or perhaps discovered over the course of
eight extremely popular novels. Sometimes he would
hesitate, as ifunwilling to tell us some Amberian secret,
but in the end he would relent, and let us—know what h—e
was thinking about. Those thoughts always
confirmed his belief in his world. Then we all began
writing and drawing
. . .
To read the artist's words is an unquali—fied privilege.
But to watch an artist's mind at work now there's
something worth being alive to see.
To Roger Zelazny, our greatest thanks. For his help,
for his hospitality, and for letting us watch him uncover
the world he loves.
—
Neil Randall
March 10th, 1988
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