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Original NESFA Press publication December 2009
2nd edition, 2nd printing, June 2021

Hardcover (Trade) price: $29.00
Weight: 2.56

ISBN-13: 978-1-886778-80-1
ISBN-10: 1-886778-80-9
Page count: 576
Book Size: 5-1/2" x 8-1/2"

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Original NESFA Press publication December 2009
2nd edition, 2nd printing, October 2023

Ebook (epub) price: $9.95

ISBN-13: 978-1-61037-356-2
ISBN-10: 1-61037-356-1
Page count: 576
Book Size: 16 Mb

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Original NESFA Press publication December 2009
2nd edition, 2nd printing, October 2023

Ebook (mobi) price: $9.95

ISBN-13: 978-1-61037-028-8
ISBN-10: 1-61037-028-7
Page count: 576
Book Size: 14 Mb

Nine Black Doves

Volume 5: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny

This text relates to the 2nd edition • Hardcover (Trade)

by Roger Zelazny

The fifth in a six-volume series, Volume 5: Nine Black Doves contains Zelazny's short works from the 1980s, when Zelazny's mature craft produced the Hugo-winning and Nebula-nominated stories, "24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai" and "Permafrost," and other entertaining stories such as "Kalifriki of the Thread," "Dilvish, the Damned," and his first two Wild Cards stories about Croyd Crenson, "The Sleeper" and "Ashes to Ashes."

Introductions

11 Considering Cows (by Melinda Snodgrass)
15 The Two Rogers (by George R. R. Martin)

Stories

25 Permafrost
51 Itself Surprised (series: Fred Saberhagen's Berserker universe)
75 Mana from Heaven (series: Larry Niven's The Magic Goes Away universe
115 Devil and the Dancer (series: Dilvish 9 of 11)
153 Garden of Blood (series: Dilvish 10 of 11)
165 Dilvish, the Damned (series: Dilvish 11 of 11)
189 LOKI 7281
199 Dreadsong
211 Dayblood
217 The Bands of Titan
225 Night Kings
237 Quest's End
245 The Sleeper (series: Wild Cards)
291 Ashes to Ashes (series: Wild Cards)
321 Deadboy Donner and the Filstone Cup
337 Kalifriki of the Thread (series: Kalifriki)
359 The Deadliest Game
361 24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai

Articles

437 Constructing a Science Fiction Novel
455 The Process of Composing
457 Science Fiction Writing at Length
461 Fantasy and Science Fiction: A Writer's View
467 Beyond the Idea
473 "...And Call Me Roger": The Literary Life of Roger Zelazny, Part 5

Curiosities

523 Head Count
527 Changeling (Film Outline)
537 Coils (Outline)
545 Alien Speedway (Outline)
557 The Ahriman Factor (Outline)

Poetry

49 The De-Synonymization of Winter
109 Dreamscape
112 Riptide
187 555-1212
197 I, the Crooked Rose's Dream, Dumb-Sung Anatomie
210 Hands
222 To Spin Is Miracle Cat
224 Evangel
241 Song of the Ring
243 Day of Doom
288 Night of Fisting
290 The Game's Thirteenth Strike
320 Locker Room
335 Song
360 Nameless Grave By a Nameless Sea, Probably Greek
445 Appendix C
445 Evil Chasing Prayer

Michael Whelan

Map of locations in "24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai"

This map shows the approximate locations of each stop in Mari's journey through the Zelazny's story "24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai." She followed the sequence in which the 24 images are shown in the book Hokusai's Views of Mt. Fuji (Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1965). An oval inset magnifies a smaller region. The map is based in part on a larger one contained within the reference book Hokusai and Hiroshige: Great Japanese Prints from the James A. Michener Collection, Honolulu Academy of Arts (Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1998). The sketch of Hokusai is based on one of his self-portraits. 24 Views Hokusai Map

Edited by David G. Grubbs, Christopher S. Kovacs and Ann Crimmins
Cover art by Michael Whelan
Cover design by Alice Lewis