tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504598332261057441.post1636111916234463619..comments2024-03-21T19:03:19.133-04:00Comments on Where there had been darkness...: Roger Zelazny Book Review: The Graveyard HeartJugularjoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03768939120752611597noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504598332261057441.post-74747678496392082712015-03-02T20:49:05.190-05:002015-03-02T20:49:05.190-05:00It sounds like the anthology GREAT SHORT NOVELS OF...It sounds like the anthology GREAT SHORT NOVELS OF SCIENCE FICTION, edited by Robert Silverberg. The stories referred to are "Giant Killer" by A. Betram Chandler (Shrick, not Frick) and "Beyond Bedlam" by Wyman Guin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504598332261057441.post-55145287636535748892015-03-02T17:23:54.072-05:002015-03-02T17:23:54.072-05:00Do you think you'd recognize the titled of the...Do you think you'd recognize the titled of the collection? I don't have my copy handy at the moment, but the IDES OF OCTEMBER is an absolutely comprehensive bibliography of everywhere Zelazny's works have appeared, and it would certainly be in there. <br /><br />http://www.nesfa.org/press/Books/Zelazny-Bib.htmlJugularjoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03768939120752611597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504598332261057441.post-20949105735698949272015-03-02T17:06:53.301-05:002015-03-02T17:06:53.301-05:00I read the Graveyard Heart back in the late 60s or...I read the Graveyard Heart back in the late 60s or early 70s in a collection of shorts which included a story called "Frick the Giant Killer" (slayer?) as well as a story about a civilization where people had two personae inside them and took drugs to keep one asleep for a certain period of time then they switched. Anyone remember this book or know of the title? I would desperately like to find and purchase it. HELP!! BTW, Graveyard Heart is a good yarn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504598332261057441.post-89211319749713578572011-05-20T04:38:37.606-04:002011-05-20T04:38:37.606-04:00Hey Zach, give Graveyard Heart another shot -- muc...Hey Zach, give Graveyard Heart another shot -- much of it didn't thrill me the first time I read it (existential problems of the jet set and all, feh), but it builds up to something way more than the sum of its parts. Not so much slow as oblique, I think -- but it gets there. But yes, not one to read late at night when you're tired. Wait until you're in the mood for a story that sneaks up on you (rather than grabs you by the throat) and see where it takes you.<br /><br />--Chris DeVitoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504598332261057441.post-87807318323341894232011-05-19T11:31:11.882-04:002011-05-19T11:31:11.882-04:00I'm actually with ya on Hangman, Chris--I enjo...I'm actually with ya on Hangman, Chris--I enjoyed that one the least of the Legion stories. I think it was just a little too hard-SF for me; at first, I thought it was interesting how Zelazny was coming up with a somewhat reasonable explanation for how a robot might become intelligent and turn on its creators, but then it dragged on for so long that it started to lose my attention. I guess I'm just not scientifically minded enough to appreciate it.<br /><br />As for Graveyard Heart, I'm not sure I can tell you exactly why I wasn't a huge fan. All I know is that it was the last story in The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, and it was late at night and I decided I wanted to finish the book before falling asleep. It may have just been a terrible time to try and read a story that's admittedly lighter on the action.<br /><br />I'll be sure to update you guys when I read it again some day, to let you know if my opinion has changed. =PZachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07692070094174090593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504598332261057441.post-41045599748881983892011-05-19T02:00:04.961-04:002011-05-19T02:00:04.961-04:00Graveyard Heart is another brilliant and unjustly ...Graveyard Heart is another brilliant and unjustly overlooked Zelazny story. If someone can explain why this story is generally ignored, while Home Is the Hangnail is considered a classic and reprinted all over the place, I'd like to hear it. (Guess I should post some comments about the robot story -- it's the last of the "great" Zelazny stories that I think is a dud.)<br /><br />--Chris DeVitoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504598332261057441.post-35315403994103628422011-05-18T10:51:25.079-04:002011-05-18T10:51:25.079-04:00Man, I need to read this one again. I've only...Man, I need to read this one again. I've only read it once and didn't much care for it, but I feel like EVERY Zelazny fan not only likes it, but considers it one of his best short stories. I'll have to give it another whirl one of these days!Zachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07692070094174090593noreply@blogger.com