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style="font-size:125%; background: #ededed;">"<i>...And Call Me Conrad</i>"</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight: bold; background:whitesmoke;"><a href="/wiki/Short_story" title="Short story">Short story</a> by <a href="/wiki/Roger_Zelazny" title="Roger Zelazny">Roger Zelazny</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Genre(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Science fiction</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ededed;">Publication</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Published in</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Magazine_of_Fantasy_and_Science_Fiction" 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style="font-size:125%; font-style:italic; padding-bottom:0.2em;">This Immortal <span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=This+Immortal&rft.author=%5B%5BRoger+Zelazny%5D%5D&rft.date=July+1966&rft.pub=%5B%5BAce+Books%5D%5D&rft.place=United+States&rft.pages=174"></span></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:This_immortal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/This_immortal.jpg/220px-This_immortal.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="335" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f2/This_immortal.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="258" data-file-height="393" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Cover of the first edition</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Author</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roger_Zelazny" title="Roger Zelazny">Roger Zelazny</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cover artist</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gray_Morrow" title="Gray Morrow">Gray Morrow</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data">Science fiction</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ace_Books" title="Ace Books">Ace Books</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Publication date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">July 1966</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication place</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Media type</th><td class="infobox-data">Print (Paperback)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pages</th><td class="infobox-data">174</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>This Immortal</b></i>, serialized as <i><b>...And Call Me Conrad</b></i>, is a science fiction novel by American author <a href="/wiki/Roger_Zelazny" title="Roger Zelazny">Roger Zelazny</a>. In its original publication, it was abridged by the editor and published in two parts in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Magazine_of_Fantasy_and_Science_Fiction" class="mw-redirect" title="The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction">The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction</a></i> in October and November 1965. It tied with <a href="/wiki/Frank_Herbert" title="Frank Herbert">Frank Herbert</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Dune_(novel)" title="Dune (novel)">Dune</a></i> for the 1966 <a href="/wiki/Hugo_Award_for_Best_Novel" title="Hugo Award for Best Novel">Hugo Award for Best Novel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WWE-1966_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWE-1966-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publication_history">Publication history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=This_Immortal&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Publication history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most, but not all of the edits made for the serialized version were restored for the first paperback publication by Ace Books and the title was changed by the publisher to <i>This Immortal</i>. Zelazny stated in interviews that he preferred the original <a href="/wiki/Eponym" title="Eponym">eponymous</a> title. The abridged version was novel length at over 47,000 words; the paperback version was over 58,000 words after the cuts were restored. However, it was not until a book club version was published in the 1980s that Zelazny realized that some cuts had not been restored to the book version; thus, earlier publications of <i>This Immortal</i> were still not complete. The abridged magazine version also contains 10 paragraphs of text not in the book version, starting from "And the long-dormant Radpol was stirring again, but I did not know that until several days later" and ending with "The days of Karaghiosis had passed." Also, the "Synopsis of Part One" that appeared in the November 1965 issue of F&SF (immediately prior to Part Two) is written in the first person and contains material about Conrad's character and backstory that is not in the main text of <i>...And Call Me Conrad</i> nor the 1980s restored version of <i>This Immortal</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot_summary">Plot summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=This_Immortal&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Plot summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After being devastated by a nuclear war, the <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a> is a planet with a population of only 4 million, overrun by a variety of mutated lifeforms. Worse, much of the Earth is now owned by the <a href="/wiki/Vega" title="Vega">Vegans</a>, a race of blue-skinned aliens who see the planet as a tourist location. Conrad Nomikos, the <a href="/wiki/First-person_narrative" title="First-person narrative">first person narrator</a>, is a man with a past that he would rather not talk about who has been given a task that he would rather refuse: to show an influential Vegan named Cort Myshtigo around the old ruins of Earth. Thanks to an unusual mutation (he laughingly calls himself a <a href="/wiki/Kallikantzaros" title="Kallikantzaros">changeling</a>), Conrad is over a hundred years old, but he hides this fact by faking his death and changing identities over the years. But Conrad suddenly finds himself the reluctant protector of this alien visitor when attempts are made on the Vegan's life. Conrad knows that keeping the Vegan alive is important, but now he must find out why. </p><p>Conrad now finds himself playing nursemaid to a group of tourists in addition to Myshtigo: Don dos Santos, the leader of a group who want to take Earth back from the Vegans and are willing to use violent means to do so; his consort Diane, who was formerly Conrad's lover; Dos Santos' bodyguard, the master assassin Hasan, who knew Conrad under a different name; Earth's Poet Laureate Phil, an old friend of Conrad's; and the Emmets, a married pair of scientists conducting research. They plan to visit the ancient ruins of Earth, beginning with Greece and Egypt. </p><p>The group has a run-in with a cannibal tribe, a close encounter with several mutated and dangerous lifeforms, and Myshtigo is horrified to learn that Conrad is having the pyramids of Egypt torn down to provide building material for new constructions. Conrad explains that the process is also being filmed, and that the film will be run backwards to simulate the construction of the pyramids. Myshtigo isn't sure if Conrad is serious or not. There are also several accidents which may or may not been attempts to assassinate Myshtigo. Along the way Conrad is devastated by news that the island where he resides with his beloved wife Cassandra has been destroyed in an earthquake, along with all its inhabitants. </p><p>It is eventually revealed that Myshtigo has been charged with the final disposition of the planet Earth. Dos Santos and his group realize that Conrad has been fighting to protect the Earth in his own way. Through actions such as the deconstruction of the pyramids, Conrad makes the Vegans see that Earthlings would rather destroy the planet's riches than see them fall into the hands of others. In the final battle to protect the Vegan, Cassandra, having escaped the cataclysm at sea in Conrad's yacht, appears and delivers the decisive saving blow. Myshtigo sees the mettle of which Conrad is made, and decides to leave the planet in the possession of the one being with the longevity, power and moral fiber to do well by it. Conrad finds himself the owner and caretaker of Earth. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_themes">Major themes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=This_Immortal&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Major themes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many of Zelazny's heroes are <a href="/wiki/%C3%9Cbermensch" title="Übermensch">overmen</a>, or even <a href="/wiki/Gods" class="mw-redirect" title="Gods">gods</a> or <a href="/wiki/Demigods" class="mw-redirect" title="Demigods">demigods</a>; Conrad Nomikos is no exception to the rule. Identified early in the book as a possible "<a href="/wiki/Kallikantzaros" title="Kallikantzaros">Kallikantzaros</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by his lover Cassandra (who exhibits the same abilities as <a href="/wiki/Cassandra" title="Cassandra">her namesake</a> to foretell the future but not be believed), Conrad is later also compared to <a href="/wiki/Pan_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pan (mythology)">Pan</a>. Whether or not Conrad is a god, however, is left unclear in the book: while he has led an extraordinarily long life, it is hinted that this could be the result of mutation due to the nuclear war. <a href="/wiki/Jane_Lindskold" title="Jane Lindskold">Jane Lindskold</a>, in her book titled <i>Roger Zelazny</i>, suggests that the fact that Conrad's face is handsome on one side and disfigured on the other is a metaphor for Conrad's ability to be both creator and destroyer, and it is not until the end of the book that the broken god can be "healed". </p><p>Zelazny declared that “I wanted to leave it open to several interpretations—well, at least two. I wanted to sort of combine fantasy and sf… either Conrad is a mutant or he is the Great God Pan. The book may be read either way.”<sup id="cite_ref-Zelazny_2009_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zelazny_2009-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In keeping with this, some of the clues that Conrad may be Pan are that Conrad's surname Nomikos recalls Nomios (one of Pan's titles), he plays a <a href="/wiki/Pan_flute" title="Pan flute">syrinx (panpipes)</a> in the novel, he may be immortal, and he has a disfigured appearance (limp, scarred face, and <a href="/wiki/Heterochromia" class="mw-redirect" title="Heterochromia">heterochromia</a>). </p><p>Conrad Nomikos is a prototype for later Zelazny rogues such as Corwin, the amnesiac hero from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Amber" title="The Chronicles of Amber">The Chronicles of Amber</a></i> and the cigarette-smoking Buddha, Sam (aka Mahasamatman) in <i><a href="/wiki/Lord_of_Light" title="Lord of Light">Lord of Light</a></i> — both flawed humans who are also flawed superhumans. </p><p>Zelazny also identified <a href="/wiki/Aldous_Huxley" title="Aldous Huxley">Aldous Huxley</a> as one model he kept in mind while writing this novel: "Bear [Huxley] in mind when constructing the cast of characters, including the monomaniac scientist as a note of thanks for the assist, but take nothing else. Do not lean too heavily on anyone."<sup id="cite_ref-Zelazny_2009_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zelazny_2009-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=This_Immortal&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Algis_Budrys" title="Algis Budrys">Algis Budrys</a> praised <i>This Immortal</i> as "an extremely interesting and undeniably important book", describing it as "a story of adventures and perils, high intrigue, esthetics [and] politics ... utterly charming [and] optimistic". He predicted that as examples of the <a href="/wiki/New_Wave_(science_fiction)" title="New Wave (science fiction)">New Wave</a>, Zelazny's career would become more important and enduring than <a href="/wiki/Thomas_M._Disch" title="Thomas M. Disch">Thomas M. Disch</a>'s.<sup id="cite_ref-budrys196612_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-budrys196612-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lawrence P. Ashmead, an editor for Doubleday & Company Inc, rejected the book for publishing, claiming that "the plot is terribly thin and uninteresting." He also pans the "Germanic constructions and pseudo-clever dialogue" of the book.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release_details">Release details</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=This_Immortal&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Release details"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_...And_Call_Me_Conrad">As <i>...And Call Me Conrad</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=This_Immortal&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: As ...And Call Me Conrad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>New York: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Magazine_of_Fantasy_and_Science_Fiction" class="mw-redirect" title="The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction">The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction</a></i>, Mercury Press, October and November 1965</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_This_Immortal">As <i>This Immortal</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=This_Immortal&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: As This Immortal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>New York: <a href="/wiki/Ace_Books" title="Ace Books">Ace Books</a>, 1966, paperback</li> <li>London: <a href="/wiki/Rupert_Hart-Davis" title="Rupert Hart-Davis">Rupert Hart-Davis</a>, 1967, hardcover</li> <li>London: <a href="/wiki/Panther_(publisher)" class="mw-redirect" title="Panther (publisher)">Panther</a>, 1968, paperback</li> <li>New York: <a href="/wiki/Ace_Books" title="Ace Books">Ace Books</a>, 1973, paperback</li> <li>New York: <a href="/wiki/Ace_Books" title="Ace Books">Ace Books</a>, 1974, paperback</li> <li>New York: Garland Press, 1975, hardcover</li> <li>New York: <a href="/wiki/Ace_Books" title="Ace Books">Ace Books</a>, 1980, paperback</li> <li>Irthlingborough, UK: John Goodchild, 1984, hardcover</li> <li>London: <a href="/wiki/Methuen_Publishing" title="Methuen Publishing">Methuen</a>, 1985, paperback</li> <li>Norwalk, Connecticut: <a href="/wiki/Easton_Press" title="Easton Press">Easton Press</a>, 1986, hardcover</li> <li>New York: <a href="/wiki/Ace_Books" title="Ace Books">Ace Books</a>/<a href="/wiki/Science_Fiction_Book_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Science Fiction Book Club">SFBC</a>, 1988, hardcover</li> <li>New York: <a href="/wiki/Baen_Books" title="Baen Books">Baen Books</a>, 1989, paperback</li> <li>London: <a href="/wiki/Victor_Gollancz_Ltd" title="Victor Gollancz Ltd">Victor Gollancz Ltd</a>, 2000, paperback</li> <li>New York: Ibooks, 2004, paperback</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=This_Immortal&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=This_Immortal&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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.id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1966">"1966 Award Winners & Nominees"</a>. <i>Worlds Without End</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071123162957/http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?Year=1966">Archived</a> from the original on 23 November 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 September</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Worlds+Without+End&rft.atitle=1966+Award+Winners+%26+Nominees&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldswithoutend.com%2Fbooks_year_index.asp%3Fyear%3D1966&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThis+Immortal" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"...And Call Me Roger": The Literary Life of Roger Zelazny, Part 1, by Christopher S. Kovacs. In: <i>The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, Volume 1: Threshold</i>, NESFA Press, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Also spelled "Callicantzaros": a legendary Greek creature somewhat similar to a vampire</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Zelazny_2009-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Zelazny_2009_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Zelazny_2009_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">A Word from Zelazny: "...And Call Me Conrad, Part One." In: <i>The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, Volume 2: Power & Light</i>, NESFA Press, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-budrys196612-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-budrys196612_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBudrys1966" class="citation magazine cs1">Budrys, Algis (December 1966). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/Galaxy_v25n02_1966-12_modified#page/n91/mode/2up">"Galaxy Bookshelf"</a>. <i>Galaxy Science Fiction</i>. pp. 125–133.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Galaxy+Science+Fiction&rft.atitle=Galaxy+Bookshelf&rft.pages=125-133&rft.date=1966-12&rft.aulast=Budrys&rft.aufirst=Algis&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2FGalaxy_v25n02_1966-12_modified%23page%2Fn91%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThis+Immortal" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ashmead, Lawrence P. Letter to Robert P Mills, 1 Mar. 1965 TS.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=This_Immortal&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKovacs2010" class="citation web cs1">Kovacs, Christopher S. 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San Francisco: <a href="/wiki/Underwood-Miller" class="mw-redirect" title="Underwood-Miller">Underwood-Miller</a>. pp. 61–64, 77–78. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-934438-39-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-934438-39-0"><bdi>0-934438-39-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Amber+Dreams%3A+A+Roger+Zelazny+Bibliography&rft.place=San+Francisco&rft.pages=61-64%2C+77-78&rft.pub=Underwood-Miller&rft.date=1983&rft.isbn=0-934438-39-0&rft.aulast=Levack&rft.aufirst=Daniel+J.+H.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThis+Immortal" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSanders1980" class="citation book cs1">Sanders, Joseph L. (1980). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/rogerzelaznyprim0000sand"><i>Roger Zelazny: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography</i></a></span>. Boston: G.K. 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H. White">T. H. White</a> (1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Slan" title="Slan">Slan</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/A._E._van_Vogt" title="A. E. van Vogt">A. E. van Vogt</a> (1941)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Beyond_This_Horizon" title="Beyond This Horizon">Beyond This Horizon</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein" title="Robert A. Heinlein">Anson MacDonald</a> (1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Conjure_Wife" title="Conjure Wife">Conjure Wife</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Fritz_Leiber" title="Fritz Leiber">Fritz Leiber</a> (1944)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Over_Mars" title="Shadow Over Mars">Shadow Over Mars</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Leigh_Brackett" title="Leigh Brackett">Leigh Brackett</a> (1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Foundation_and_Empire" title="Foundation and Empire">The Mule</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov" title="Isaac Asimov">Isaac Asimov</a> (1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Farmer_in_the_Sky" title="Farmer in the Sky">Farmer in the Sky</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein" title="Robert A. Heinlein">Robert A. Heinlein</a> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fahrenheit_451" title="Fahrenheit 451">Fahrenheit 451</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ray_Bradbury" title="Ray Bradbury">Ray Bradbury</a> (1954)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Demolished_Man" title="The Demolished Man">The Demolished Man</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Bester" title="Alfred Bester">Alfred Bester</a> (1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/They%27d_Rather_Be_Right" title="They'd Rather Be Right">They'd Rather Be Right</a></i> (aka: The Forever Machine) by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Clifton" title="Mark Clifton">Mark Clifton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Riley_(author)" title="Frank Riley (author)">Frank Riley</a> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Double_Star" title="Double Star">Double Star</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein" title="Robert A. Heinlein">Robert A. Heinlein</a> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Time_(novel)" title="The Big Time (novel)">The Big Time</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Fritz_Leiber" title="Fritz Leiber">Fritz Leiber</a> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Case_of_Conscience" title="A Case of Conscience">A Case of Conscience</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/James_Blish" title="James Blish">James Blish</a> (1959)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Starship_Troopers" title="Starship Troopers">Starship Troopers</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein" title="Robert A. Heinlein">Robert A. Heinlein</a> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz" title="A Canticle for Leibowitz">A Canticle for Leibowitz</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Walter_M._Miller,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Walter M. Miller, Jr.">Walter M. Miller, Jr.</a> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land" title="Stranger in a Strange Land">Stranger in a Strange Land</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein" title="Robert A. Heinlein">Robert A. Heinlein</a> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_in_the_High_Castle" title="The Man in the High Castle">The Man in the High Castle</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Philip_K._Dick" title="Philip K. Dick">Philip K. Dick</a> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Way_Station_(novel)" title="Way Station (novel)">Here Gather the Stars</a></i> (aka: <i>Way Station</i>) by <a href="/wiki/Clifford_D._Simak" title="Clifford D. Simak">Clifford D. Simak</a> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wanderer_(Leiber_novel)" title="The Wanderer (Leiber novel)">The Wanderer</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Fritz_Leiber" title="Fritz Leiber">Fritz Leiber</a> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dune_(novel)" title="Dune (novel)">Dune</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Herbert" title="Frank Herbert">Frank Herbert</a> / <i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">...And Call Me Conrad</a></i> (aka: <i>This Immortal</i>) by <a href="/wiki/Roger_Zelazny" title="Roger Zelazny">Roger Zelazny</a> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress" title="The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress">The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein" title="Robert A. Heinlein">Robert A. Heinlein</a> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lord_of_Light" title="Lord of Light">Lord of Light</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Roger_Zelazny" title="Roger Zelazny">Roger Zelazny</a> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stand_on_Zanzibar" title="Stand on Zanzibar">Stand on Zanzibar</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/John_Brunner_(author)" title="John Brunner (author)">John Brunner</a> (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Left_Hand_of_Darkness" title="The Left Hand of Darkness">The Left Hand of Darkness</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin" title="Ursula K. Le Guin">Ursula K. Le Guin</a> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ringworld" title="Ringworld">Ringworld</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Larry_Niven" title="Larry Niven">Larry Niven</a> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/To_Your_Scattered_Bodies_Go" title="To Your Scattered Bodies Go">To Your Scattered Bodies Go</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Philip_Jos%C3%A9_Farmer" title="Philip José Farmer">Philip José Farmer</a> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gods_Themselves" title="The Gods Themselves">The Gods Themselves</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov" title="Isaac Asimov">Isaac Asimov</a> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rendezvous_with_Rama" title="Rendezvous with Rama">Rendezvous with Rama</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke" title="Arthur C. Clarke">Arthur C. Clarke</a> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dispossessed" title="The Dispossessed">The Dispossessed</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin" title="Ursula K. Le Guin">Ursula K. Le Guin</a> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Forever_War" title="The Forever War">The Forever War</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Haldeman" title="Joe Haldeman">Joe Haldeman</a> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Where_Late_the_Sweet_Birds_Sang" title="Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang">Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Kate_Wilhelm" title="Kate Wilhelm">Kate Wilhelm</a> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gateway_(novel)" title="Gateway (novel)">Gateway</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Frederik_Pohl" title="Frederik Pohl">Frederik Pohl</a> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dreamsnake" title="Dreamsnake">Dreamsnake</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Vonda_N._McIntyre" title="Vonda N. McIntyre">Vonda N. 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Cherryh</a> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Foundation%27s_Edge" title="Foundation's Edge">Foundation's Edge</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov" title="Isaac Asimov">Isaac Asimov</a> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Startide_Rising" title="Startide Rising">Startide Rising</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/David_Brin" title="David Brin">David Brin</a> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Neuromancer" title="Neuromancer">Neuromancer</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/William_Gibson" title="William Gibson">William Gibson</a> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ender%27s_Game" title="Ender's Game">Ender's Game</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Orson_Scott_Card" title="Orson Scott Card">Orson Scott Card</a> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Speaker_for_the_Dead" title="Speaker for the Dead">Speaker for the Dead</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Orson_Scott_Card" title="Orson Scott Card">Orson Scott Card</a> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Uplift_War" title="The Uplift War">The Uplift War</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/David_Brin" title="David Brin">David Brin</a> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cyteen" title="Cyteen">Cyteen</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/C._J._Cherryh" title="C. J. Cherryh">C. J. Cherryh</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hyperion_(Simmons_novel)" title="Hyperion (Simmons novel)">Hyperion</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Dan_Simmons" title="Dan Simmons">Dan Simmons</a> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Vor_Game" title="The Vor Game">The Vor Game</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Lois_McMaster_Bujold" title="Lois McMaster Bujold">Lois McMaster Bujold</a> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Barrayar" title="Barrayar">Barrayar</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Lois_McMaster_Bujold" title="Lois McMaster Bujold">Lois McMaster Bujold</a> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Fire_Upon_the_Deep" title="A Fire Upon the Deep">A Fire Upon the Deep</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Vernor_Vinge" title="Vernor Vinge">Vernor Vinge</a> / <i><a href="/wiki/Doomsday_Book_(novel)" title="Doomsday Book (novel)">Doomsday Book</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Connie_Willis" title="Connie Willis">Connie Willis</a> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mars_trilogy" title="Mars trilogy">Green Mars</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Kim_Stanley_Robinson" title="Kim Stanley Robinson">Kim Stanley Robinson</a> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mirror_Dance" title="Mirror Dance">Mirror Dance</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Lois_McMaster_Bujold" title="Lois McMaster Bujold">Lois McMaster Bujold</a> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Diamond_Age" title="The Diamond Age">The Diamond Age</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Neal_Stephenson" title="Neal Stephenson">Neal Stephenson</a> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mars_trilogy" title="Mars trilogy">Blue Mars</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Kim_Stanley_Robinson" title="Kim Stanley Robinson">Kim Stanley Robinson</a> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Forever_Peace" title="Forever Peace">Forever Peace</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Haldeman" title="Joe Haldeman">Joe Haldeman</a> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/To_Say_Nothing_of_the_Dog" title="To Say Nothing of the Dog">To Say Nothing of the Dog</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Connie_Willis" title="Connie Willis">Connie Willis</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Deepness_in_the_Sky" title="A Deepness in the Sky">A Deepness in the Sky</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Vernor_Vinge" title="Vernor Vinge">Vernor Vinge</a> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Goblet_of_Fire" title="Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire">Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/J._K._Rowling" title="J. 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