A Few Words from Roger Zelazny, Part Seven: Roger’s Vision of Amber

Seventh in Tor's series:

A Few Words from Roger Zelazny, Part Seven: Roger’s Vision of Amber

I enjoyed this one. It had some insights into Amber that I hadn't previously read.

A Few Words from Roger Zelazny, Part Six: Personal Interests and Writerly Concerns

I missed this one as it came out. Sixth in Theodore Krulik's series about Roger Zelazny. The next installments will focus on Amber.


A Few Words from Roger Zelazny, Part Six: Personal Interests and Writerly Concerns

Mister Owl, how many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center...

Mister Owl, how many licks...

...does it take to get to the...

...tootsie roll center...

...of...

You know what? Never mind. I don't need to know that badly.

Some additional thoughts on the Amber adaptation

Now that I've had a chance to chew it over.

1. We do get these announcements every couple years, but this one looks like it has some muscle behind it.
2. So much depends on the quality and the tone of the adaptation that it's pointless speculating right now.
3. Amber is a pretty great length for an adaptation. Yeah, the books are very short by modern standards, but that means you won't have to leave anything out.
4. I don't think they have anything in them that hopelessly dates them. Much is always made of the smoking in Zelazny's work, but that's just to give the characters something to do when they're talking. I think it can be excised without fundamentally altering the character of the books.
5. I'm not much for stunt casting, but a friend on Facebook suggested that Trent Zelazny play the role of Roger the guard in the Hand of Oberon. I think that's kind of brilliant. 
6. I'll be thrilled if this happens and it's done well, but in the process of thinking about it, I've discovered that the TV adaptation I really want is an anthology series of Zelazny's short stories. We can open with Divine Madness! 
7. And maybe that can serve as the gateway to the Roadmarks movie I want so much.

Amber to be adapted for TV?

I think this falls into "Interesting, if true" territory for me. More on it as it develops.

'Walking Dead' Creator Adapting 'Chronicles of Amber' for TV