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Originally Posted by chlorine
Zelazny's Amber series is among my favorite books ever. The universe is great and the characters are very well thought-of. These books have really moved me and in a sense always stay with me.
Which last volumes are you talking about? The series is a series of 5 books, followed by another series of 5. In my opinion the second series is not so good. I found it a fun read but it lacked the depth of the first.
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Thanks for reminding me that it is in two series of 5 books. I read them more than 25 years ago. The last volume for me is volume 10 I guess. So I am relieved that you too find that the second series is not as good as the first.
By the way, what about Michael Moorcock's "Eternal Champion" and "Corum" series? In a fit of madness I must have read 30 or 40 of his books over one year at the time I read Zelazny. Moorcock's characters move in different universes but they sometimes appear together. There is even one story where the male character finds himself in a female body and had to carry on his adventure to the end of the book.
For inventiveness and variety, I think Moorcock is hard to beat.