So that I wouldn't continue to derail the Amber novels thread I'm going to post this request here and hope someone sees it even though this subforum is near dead.
So which of his non-Amber novels post-1967 novels would y'all recommend?
I've read all his early short stories and his first three novels This Immortal, Dream Master and Lord of Light. Also read Jack of Shadows, which I loved. I think The Dream Master is my favourite novel by him. 'For a Breath I Tarry' my favourite short story.
I've heard that his books after Creatures of Light and Darkness are a mixed bunch so I'm looking for the best stuff not just an okay time-filler. Any good late short stories or novellas are also fair game.
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Outside of Amber, you've listed pretty much everything of his I've actually read.
I really like the Dilvish stories, some of which were written for Sorcerer's Apprentice, which was a gaming magazine back in the day. You can find all of the Dilvish tales in two volumes: "The Changing Land" and "Dilvish, the Damned." Dilvish is a fun character who rides a demon horse in a swords-and-sorcery style setting. I think that the feel of the writing is a lot like Amber and Shadowjack.
I also really liked Lord Demon which is about an ancient Chinese genie. Not at all a genre which I expected to like, but again with the same general style of writing as Amber and Shadowjack (and Dilvish).
Cool, I've seen those books in second hand shops before. I'll keep an eye out for them, thanks!
Looking at my book log, I have favorable impressions of A Night in Lonesome October and Isle of the Dead.
I was relatively unimpressed by Eye of the Cat.
This appears to be the only post-1967, non-Amber stuff of his that I've read.
Thanks, onto the list they go.
I second A Night in the Lonesome October (1993). I found a copy difficult to find, but it was certainly enjoyable.
The youthful energy of his writing was gone by that point, two years before his death, but there was stilly a sly wonder and playfulness that comes through in material that is treated mostly seriously even through it is mostly preposterous. It's hard not to have fun with A Night in the Lonesome October.
//Panjumanju
Quote from: Panjumanju;953461I second A Night in the Lonesome October (1993). I found a copy difficult to find, but it was certainly enjoyable.
The youthful energy of his writing was gone by that point, two years before his death, but there was stilly a sly wonder and playfulness that comes through in material that is treated mostly seriously even through it is mostly preposterous. It's hard not to have fun with A Night in the Lonesome October.
//Panjumanju
Agreed. Lonesome October is a fun read. :-)
As a side note, it's amazing how time flies. If you asked me how long it's been since Roger passed I guess my knee-jerk reaction would be "dunno, maybe a decade or so" but then I'm reminded that my youngest daughter was born the same year that Roger died and she's a senior in college. Yikes, but the years have flown by in a hurry. :-(
I am currently reading The Dream Master and enjoying it.
Every year in October, I make a point to read A Night in the Lonesome October. I just adore it and it's a delightful, easy read.