Authorial Appearance
Roger Zelazny (or possibly one of his doppelgängers) makes a cameo in his own novel as "Roger" — a cadaverous, grinning, pipe-smoking guard in Amber's dungeon who is presently writing a "philosophical romance shot through with elements of horror and morbidity." Some of the themes of the series as a whole are shadows, doubles and the nature of reality.
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“Look into the world—how often do you behold a sordid wretch, whose straight heart is open to no man’s affliction, taking shelter behind an appearance of piety, and putting on the garb of religion, which none but the merciful and compassionate have a title to wear.”
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