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1、ROGERZELAZNYDeathandtheExecutionerLikeanumberofotherwriters,thelateRogerZelaznybeganpublishingin1962inthepagesofCeleGoldsmith’sAmazing.Thiswastheso-called“Classof‘62,”whosemembershipalsoincludedThomasM.Disch,KeithLaumer,andUrsulaK.LeGuin.Everyoneinthat“clas
2、s”eventuallyachievedprominence,butsomeofthemwouldachieveitfasterthanothers,andZelazny’ssubsequentcareerwasoneofthemostmeteoricinthehistoryofSF.ThefirstZelaznystorytoattractwidenoticewas“ARoseforEcclesiastes,”publishedin1963(itwaslaterselectedbyvoteoftheSFWA
3、membershipasoneofthebestSFstoriesofalltime).Bytheendofthatdecade,hehadwontwoNebulaAwardsandtwoHugoAwardsandwaswidelyregardedasoneofthetwomostimportantAmericanSFwritersofthesixties(theotherwasSamuelR.Delany).Bytheendofthe1970s,althoughhiscriticalacceptanceas
4、animportantsciencefictionwriterhaddimmed,hislongseriesofnovelsabouttheenchantedlandofAmber—beginningwithNinePrincesinAmber—hadmadehimoneofthemostpopularandbest-sellingfantasywritersofourtime,andinspiredfanclubsandfanzinesworldwide.Zelazny’sapproachtofantasy
5、wassimilartothebrisk,wise•cracking,anachronisticslantofthedeCampandPratt“HaroldShea”storiessuchasTheIncompleteEnchanter,butinasomewhatdifferentkey,withlessemphasisonwhimsy(veryfewauthors,withtheexceptionofdeCampandPratt,T.H.White,andLewisCarroll,wereeverrea
6、llyabletousewhimsysuccessfully)andmoreemphasisonactionandondramatic—andoftenquitetheatrical—showdownsbetweenimmenselypowerfuladversaries.Still,theZelaznyhero(whowasoftenfundamentallythesameperson,whetherhewascalledCorwinorConradorSam)faceshissupernaturalfoe
7、swithgenialgoodsense,unperturbedcalm,andastoreofself-deprecatinghumor,alwaysquickwithaquiporawrywitticism,andalthoughtheZelaznyherohimselfisalmostalwaysabeingofimmensepowerandresources(whichmusthelpinmaintainingyoursangfroidwhenconfrontingfear•somedemonsand
8、monsters),hefrequentlydefeatshisenemiesbyoutwittingthemratherthanbythebruteuseofeitherphys•icalmightormagicalpotency.Infact,thetypicalZelaznyhero,inbothfantasyandsciencefiction,canusuallybethoughtofasa
