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Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny Nine Princes in Amber. Corwin (not that he knows that's his name) wakes up with amnesia in a private hospital after some sort of accident. He's completely unsure what's going on, but he seems healthy enough to not be in a hospital and the staff are trying to drug him, so he steals a doctor's uniform, confronts the apparent administrator, and discovers he was apparently checked in by his sister. So he goes to see his sister, bluffing and pretending knowledge every step of the way. He, and the reader, slowly piece together some understanding of his very unusual family, one entangled with a land named Amber that's reached by an unusual road. The Amber series as a whole (or at least the first five books of it), of which this is the first, is a classic. That's probably unfortunate, since I came to it with relatively high expectations, even knowing that it's one of those series that doesn't always survive an adult reading. I've always liked the technique of using amnesia to put the reader and the protagonist at the same level in understanding the world, as long as it's not overused and the world in question is worth the suspense. I also like Corwin's audacious bluffing; it's a good way to show the protagonist as competent. Unfortunately, the more I learned about the world background, the less I liked either this book or the characters. Corwin's at his best at the start of the book, where his motives make sense: figure out who he is, figure out what all these family members are to him, get his memories back, and try to make sense of the internecine family war that he's walked into the middle of. The problem is that the answers to most of these questions are much less believable than the questions. Amber is, itself, a great idea, although one that's since been used enough that it doesn't have quite the punch it did originally. Amber is a city in the true world, the only fully real world, and the rest are all Shadows of it. Corwin, and others, can walk the Shadows, move between worlds, in a nicely understated way that involves moving through variations and alternate realities. There are also a few other touches of world-building I liked: the reflection of Amber become real, the Pattern (although I had a very hard time not imagining a giant Game of Life), and the deck of Trumps and how their magic works. Some spoilers for the second half of the book here, since it's impossible to talk about the basic flaw of this book without disclosing the apparent point of the plot. Unfortunately, all of that is put to use in a struggle for the rulership of Amber. Everyone wants to rule in Amber because. well, just because. It seems to make absolutely no difference who actually does rule, everyone seemed relatively happy with leaving Corwin alone until he decides to try for this (without even quite knowing what he's doing), and nowhere in this book is there any indication of why anyone would want to rule Amber other than that it's shiny. To that end, the protagonist proceeds to engage in mass murder. Yes, this is epic fantasy, and some degree of tolerance for high body counts and foot soldiers is to be expected. But Nine Princes in Amber takes this to a degree that I'd think was parody if there were any sign of self-awareness in the story at all. Tens of thousands are killed off-camera and on, often with a contemptuous flip of a word. Most of them seem to have been gathered up by a few off-hand lies by Corwin and his brother, and despite being clearly sentient, their opinions of this are dismissed with more complete indifference than I've ever seen in a novel of this sort. I realize this is part of the atmosphere, and there are plenty of hints that we're not dealing with a family that's going to be particularly bound to human morality. But, still, the reader hopefully has some contact with human morality, and given the complete and utter lack of any understandable motivation for the war whatsoever, one is left with little to do other than ponder the meaningless butchery of hundreds of thousands of people. This is really unpleasant stuff, largely because in the text it isn't unpleasant at all. It's presented with about as much emotional engagement as one would mention one's remaining lives in a video game. My suspension of disbelief foundered and died on that, long before we get to the single combat scenes that read like the novelization of a hack and slash game. Now, after reading the second book after reading this one, I can say that this is explained better in later books. I also talked to some friends who like the series and heard some of the explanations and reasons why Corwin reacts the way that he does. It's related to the world-building that Zelazny is doing and the direction from which he's looking at morality. But none of this is shown very well in this first book, which is therefore startlingly bad given its reputation. (I haven't even mentioned the pointlessly gruesome torture bits.) It's like the climax of an epic fantasy war with all of the motivations, reasons, justifications, and point stripped out, and knowing that those motivations and justifications will show up in later volumes doesn't exactly help. Zelazny has, as in all of his books, a gift for the occasional turn of phrase, and while the mix of archaic and modern language occasionally grated, it makes for some beautiful passages. There are a few nicely memorable set pieces (the bits with the Trumps were particularly cool) and a few great ideas. But so far this isn't worth reading. Hopefully it will improve quickly. [PDF] Nine Princes in Amber Book by Roger Zelazny Free Download (175 pages) Free download or read online Nine Princes in Amber pdf (ePUB) book. The first edition of the novel was published in 1970, and was written by Roger Zelazny. The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of 175 pages and is available in Mass Market Paperback format. The main characters of this fantasy, fiction story are Random of Amber, Brand of Amber. The book has been awarded with Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee (1971), and many others. Nine Princes in Amber PDF Details. Author: Roger Zelazny Original Title: Nine Princes in Amber Book Format: Mass Market Paperback Number Of Pages: 175 pages First Published in: 1970 Latest Edition: March 1986 Series: The Chronicles of Amber #1 Language: English Awards: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee (1971) Main Characters: Random of Amber, Brand of Amber, Corwin of Amber, Eric of Amber, Benedict of Amber category: fantasy, fiction, science fiction, science fiction fantasy Formats: ePUB(Android), audible mp3, audiobook and kindle. The translated version of this book is available in Spanish, English, Chinese, Russian, Hindi, Bengali, Arabic, Portuguese, Indonesian / Malaysian, French, Japanese, German and many others for free download. Please note that the tricks or techniques listed in this pdf are either fictional or claimed to work by its creator. We do not guarantee that these techniques will work for you. Some of the techniques listed in Nine Princes in Amber may require a sound knowledge of Hypnosis, users are advised to either leave those sections or must have a basic understanding of the subject before practicing them. DMCA and Copyright : The book is not hosted on our servers, to remove the file please contact the source url. If you see a Google Drive link instead of source url, means that the file witch you will get after approval is just a summary of original book or the file has been already removed. Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny. Imagine the ultimate city, the greatest one that could ever exist: a city so awesome, that every other city on every other plane of existence is nothing but a shadow in comparison. Imagine that being king of this city is a very big deal and that this position is contested by nine brothers, all of whom are essentially playing the most titanic game of Diplomacy in the history of the multi-verse as they vie for it. All of them have the power to travel to other universes, all of them could effectively even create their own parallel universe that is almost exactly like the one that contains this perfect city, but none of them would settle for that. They all have powers ranging from weather control to healing factors, and they can all recruit vast armies gathered from any conceivable reality. Their warriors could have almost any attribute imaginable and are hand picked because their respective cultures idolize these nine princes in their mythologies and believe that fighting in their wars is their ultimate destiny. Now… imagine that you are one of these brothers, you’ve formed your alliances as best as you can, the odds are completely stacked against you, but you’ve chosen to fight for control of this utterly fantastic city. Your men have died in droves and you’ve fought one incredible sword fight after another and you come close, so very close to victory, but in the end you are beaten, your eyes are put out, and you are thrown into prison deep in the dungeons beneath city which you desired to rule.

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