1. Roger Joseph Zelazny was an American fantasy and science fiction writer known for his short stories and novels, best known for The Chronicles of Amber.
10 Facts About Roger Zelazny
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Roger Zelazny won the Nebula Award three times and the Hugo Award six times, including two Hugos for novels: the serialized novel.
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Roger Zelazny deliberately progressed from short-shorts to novelettes to novellas and finally to novel-length works by 1965.
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Roger Zelazny died in 1995, aged 58, of kidney failure secondary to colorectal cancer.
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Roger Zelazny was married twice, first to Sharon Steberl in 1964, and then to Judith Alene Callahan in 1966.
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Roger Zelazny died in Santa Fe on June 16,1995, of kidney failure associated with cancer.
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Roger Zelazny became expert with the epee in college, and thus began a lifelong study of several different martial arts, including judo, aikido, tai chi, and baguazhang.
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Roger Zelazny was a passionate cigarette and pipe smoker, so much so, that he made many of his protagonists heavy smokers as well.
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Neil Gaiman said Roger Zelazny was the author who influenced him the most, with this influence particularly seen in Gaiman's literary style and the topics he writes about.
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The anthology Lord of the Fantastic: Stories in Honor of Roger Zelazny, edited by Martin H Greenberg and released in 1998, featured essays and stories in honor of Zelazny by Walter Jon Williams, Jack Williamson, John Varley, Gaiman, Gregory Benford and many other authors.