Las crónicas de Ambar son MUY grandes. Pero mucho.
Zelazny, el autor, además era un personaje en sí mismo. Es gracioso notar lo mucho que sus personajes fuman. Cada vez que no sabía como seguir, se encendía un cogarro, se lo encendía el personaje, y pensaba en ello.
Grandes citas de Ambar:
When I said I wanted to die in my sleep, I meant I wanted to be stepped on by an elephant while making love.
Roger Zelazny, The Great Book of Amber (The Chronicles of Amber, #1-10)
Strygalldwir is my name. Conjure with it and I will eat your heart and liver."
"Conjure with it? I can't even pronounce it, and my cirrhosis would give you indigestion.
Roger Zelazny, The Guns of Avalon (The Chronicles of Amber #2)
I walked among Shadows, and found a race of furry creatures, dark and clawed and fanged, reasonably manlike, and about as intelligent as a freshman in the high school of your choice-sorry, kids, but what I mean is they were loyal, devoted, honest, and too easily screwed by bastards like me and my brother. I felt like the dee-jay of your choice.
Roger Zelazny, Nine Princes in Amber (The Chronicles of Amber #1)
We fought.'
'A duel?'
'Nothing that formal. A simultaneous decision to murder one another is more like it.
Roger Zelazny, The Guns of Avalon (The Chronicles of Amber #2)