Title: The Guns of Avalon

Title: The Guns of Avalon Title Record # 1825
Author: Roger Zelazny
Date: 1972-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Chronicles of Amber (Corwin)
Series Number: 2
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Synopsis: A prince of the ruling family of the one true world of which all others are shadows returns from exile to exact revenge and claim the throne, at a time when mysterious dark forces threaten; the complexities of the situation lead to complex alliances and oppositions with his siblings.

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Other Titles

Translations

Year	Language	Title
1974^ⓘTranslated by J. A. Schalekamp	Dutch	De weg naar Amber
1976^ⓘTranslated by Ronald Blunden. Note that the French title Les canons d'Avalon (likely in imitation of The Guns of Navarone) can be found on some catalogues' pages inside 1975 Denoël titles.	French	Les fusils d'Avalon
1977^ⓘTranslated by Thomas Schlück	German	Die Gewehre von Avalon
1979^ⓘTranslated by Roberta Rambelli	Italian	Le armi di Avalon
1989^ⓘTranslated by J. A. Schalekamp	Dutch	Het vuur van Avalon
1999^ⓘTranslated by Jurgita Jurėnaitė	Lithuanian	Avalono ginklai
2001^ⓘTranslated by Alexandra Santos Tavares	Portuguese	As armas de Avalon
2007^ⓘTranslated by Eugen Cristea	Romanian	Armele din Avalon
2010^ⓘTranslated by Piotr Cholewa and Blanka Kuczborska	Polish	Karabiny Avalonu

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
9	1973 Locus	Best SF Novel
Nomination	1973 Mythopoeic	Mythopoeic Fantasy Award

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Guns of Avalon	1972-10-00	Roger Zelazny	Doubleday	0-385-08506-0	$5.95^?$: US dollar	180	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Emanuel Schongut
The Guns of Avalon	1973-01-00	Roger Zelazny	Doubleday	0-385-08506-0	$5.95^?$: US dollar	180	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Emanuel Schongut
The Guns of Avalon	1974-00-00	Roger Zelazny	Faber and Faber	0-571-10490-8	£2.10^?£: UK pound	180	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Gask
De weg naar Amber	1974-00-00	Roger Zelazny	Het Spectrum (Prisma #1644)	90-274-0771-1	ƒ4.50	186	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Bart van Erkel
The Guns of Avalon	1974-08-00	Roger Zelazny	Avon	0-380-00083-0	$0.95^?$: US dollar	223	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Ken Barr
The Guns of Avalon	1974-08-00	Roger Zelazny	Avon	0-380-00083-0	C$0.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	223	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Ken Barr
The Guns of Avalon	1975-03-00	Roger Zelazny	Avon	0-380-00083-0 / 24695	$1.25^?$: US dollar	223	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Ken Barr
The Guns of Avalon	1975-09-00	Roger Zelazny	Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers	0-552-09906-6	£0.45^?£: UK pound	203	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Patrick Woodroffe
Les fusils d'Avalon	1976-02-20	Roger Zelazny	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #196)			248	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	A. Kemel
Les fusils d'Avalon	1976-06-28	Roger Zelazny	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #196)			248	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	A. Kemel
The Guns of Avalon	1976-09-00	Roger Zelazny	Avon	0-380-00083-0	$1.50^?$: US dollar	223	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Ron Walotsky
Die Gewehre von Avalon	1977-00-00	Roger Zelazny	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3551)	3-453-30445-4	DM 4.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	220	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Enrich Torres
The Guns of Avalon	1977-10-00	Roger Zelazny	Avon	0-380-00083-0	$1.50^?$: US dollar	223	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Ron Walotsky
The Chronicles of Amber: Volume I	1979-01-00	Roger Zelazny	Nelson Doubleday / SFBC	2233	$5.98^?$: US dollar	338	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Boris Vallejo
Le armi di Avalon	1979-02-00	Roger Zelazny	Libra Editrice (Slan. Il Meglio della Fantascienza #44)	44	Lit 4,000^?Lit: Italian lira	238	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Allison
The Guns of Avalon	1980-06-00	Roger Zelazny	Avon	0-380-00083-0	$1.50^?$: US dollar	223	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Ron Walotsky
The Guns of Avalon	1982-00-00	Roger Zelazny	Sphere	0-7221-9440-4	£1.50^?£: UK pound	203	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Michael Embden
The Guns of Avalon	1985-00-00	Roger Zelazny	Sphere	0-7221-9440-4	£1.95^?£: UK pound	203	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Die Prinzen von Amber	1986-00-00	Roger Zelazny	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4275)	3-453-31271-6	DM 14.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	974	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	omni	Boris Vallejo
The Guns of Avalon	1986-04-00	Roger Zelazny	Avon	0-380-00083-0	$2.95^?$: US dollar	223	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Tim White
The Guns of Avalon	1987-00-00	Roger Zelazny	Sphere	0-7221-9440-4	£2.50^?£: UK pound	203	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Amber: De negen prinsen / Het vuur van Avalon	1989-00-00	Roger Zelazny	Het Spectrum (Witte Reeks)	90-274-2266-4		378	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Tim White
Les fusils d'Avalon	1991-02-00	Roger Zelazny	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #462)	2-207-30462-0		248	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Florence Magnin
Amber: De negen prinsen / Het vuur van Avalon	1992-10-00	Roger Zelazny	Het Spectrum (Witte Reeks)	90-274-2266-4		378	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Tim White
Les fusils d'Avalon	1993-05-00	Roger Zelazny	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #462)	2-207-30462-0		248	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Florence Magnin
The Guns of Avalon	1994-10-00	Roger Zelazny	AvoNova	0-380-00083-0	$3.99^?$: US dollar	223	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jean Pierre Targete
Les fusils d'Avalon	1995-03-00	Roger Zelazny	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #462)	2-207-30462-0		248	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Florence Magnin
Amber omnibus deel 1	1999-00-00	Roger Zelazny	Het Spectrum (Witte Reeks)	90-274-6719-6		551	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Tim White
Avalono ginklai	1999-00-00	Roger Zelazny	Eridanas ( Pasaulinės Fantastikos Aukso Fondas^?Fiction World Gold Fund #126)	998-695015-5		218	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
The Guns of Avalon	1999-03-00	Roger Zelazny	G. K. Hall & Co. (G.K. Hall Large Print Science Fiction Series)	0-7838-8504-0	$25.95^?$: US dollar	287	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Ron Walotsky
The First Chronicles of Amber	1999-11-00	Roger Zelazny	Science Fiction Book Club	0-7394-0700-7 / 06235	$14.98^?$: US dollar	730	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Ron Walotsky
The Great Book of Amber: The Complete Amber Chronicles 1-10	1999-12-00	Roger Zelazny	Avon Eos	0-380-80906-0	$20.00^?$: US dollar	1258	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Tim White
The Great Book of Amber: The Complete Amber Chronicles 1-10	2000-00-00	Roger Zelazny	Avon Eos	0-380-80906-0	$20.00^?$: US dollar	1258	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Tim White
The Chronicles of Amber	2000-06-00	Roger Zelazny	Millennium / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #6)	1-85798-726-8	£9.99^?£: UK pound	772	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	John Howe
As armas de Avalon	2001-00-00	Roger Zelazny	Livros do Brasil (Argonauta #527)	972-38-1875-2		240	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	António Pedro^?Antonio Pedro
The Chronicles of Amber	2003-00-00	Roger Zelazny	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #6)	1-85798-726-8	£9.99^?£: UK pound	772	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	John Howe
Les fusils d'Avalon	2003-04-02	Roger Zelazny	Denoël^?Denoel (Folio SF #20)	2-07-041594-5		327	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Die Prinzen von Amber	2005-03-00	Roger Zelazny	Area (Area Fantasy)	3-89996-438-1	€12.95^?€: Euro	815	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	William Li
Armele din Avalon	2007-00-00	Roger Zelazny	Tritonic (fiction.ro)	978-973-733-122-9		216	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Les fusils d'Avalon	2007-03-02	Roger Zelazny	Denoël^?Denoel (Folio SF #20)	978-2-07-041594-6		327	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Chronicles of Amber	2008-04-03	Roger Zelazny	Gollancz	978-0-575-08269-4	£8.99^?£: UK pound	792	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni
Kroniki Amberu: Tom 1	2010-02-16	Roger Zelazny	Zysk i S-ka Wydawnictwo	978-83-7506-250-2	zł 49.90^?zł: Polish zloty	636	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Tim White
De weg naar Amber	2011-04-00	Roger Zelazny	Het Spectrum (Vantoen.nu #1644)	978-90-315-0358-2	€14.99^?€: Euro	186	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Bart van Erkel
The Guns of Avalon	2012-07-31	Roger Zelazny	Audible Frontiers		$19.95^?$: US dollar		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel
Les princes d'Ambre : Cycle 1	2015-06-05	Roger Zelazny	Denoël^?Denoel (Folio SF #521)	978-2-07-046364-0	€15.50^?€: Euro	928	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Jean-Sébastien Rossbach^?Jean-Sebastien Rossbach
The Guns of Avalon	2015-09-27	Roger Zelazny	Amber Ltd		$5.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Gary McCluskey
The Guns of Avalon	2016-05-17	Roger Zelazny	Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio	978-1-5226-0846-2	$10.52^?$: US dollar		audio MP3 CD^?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks	novel
The Chronicles of Amber	2022-04-14	Roger Zelazny	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-1-4732-2216-8	£12.99^?£: UK pound	vii+ 790	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni
The Chronicles of Amber	2022-04-14	Roger Zelazny	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-1-4732-3498-7	£14.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni
The Guns of Avalon	2024-01-07	Roger Zelazny	Amber Ltd	978-1-5154-4899-0	$7.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Guns of Avalon	date unknown	Roger Zelazny	Avon	0-380-00083-0	$2.25^?$: US dollar	223	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Ron Walotsky
The Guns of Avalon	date unknown	Roger Zelazny	Avon	0-380-00083-0	$3.50^?$: US dollar	223	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Tim White
The Guns of Avalon	date unknown	Roger Zelazny	Corgi	0-552-09906-6	£0.40^?£: UK pound		pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Great Book of Amber: The Complete Amber Chronicles, 1-10	date unknown	Roger Zelazny	Avon Eos	0-380-80906-0	$22.00^?$: US dollar	1258	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Tim White
The Guns of Avalon	date unknown	Roger Zelazny	Avon	0-380-00083-0	$1.50^?$: US dollar	223	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Ron Walotsky
The Great Book of Amber: The Complete Amber Chronicles, 1-10	date unknown	Roger Zelazny	Avon Eos	0-380-80906-0	$22.95^?$: US dollar	1258	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Tim White
The Chronicles of Amber: Volume I	date unknown	Roger Zelazny	Nelson Doubleday / SFBC	1-56865-001-9 / 02233		338	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Boris Vallejo
The Four Amber Novels	date unknown	Roger Zelazny	Avon	39735	$6.00^?$: US dollar	175+ 223+ 192+ 188	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	omni	Ron Walotsky
The Great Book of Amber: The Complete Amber Chronicles 1-10	date unknown	Roger Zelazny	Avon Eos	978-0-380-80906-6	$23.99^?$: US dollar	1258	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Tim White
The Guns of Avalon	date unknown	Roger Zelazny	Avon	0-380-00083-0	$2.95^?$: US dollar	223	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Tim White
The Chronicles of Amber	date unknown	Roger Zelazny	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #6)	978-1-85798-726-3		772	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	John Howe
Chronicles of Amber	date unknown	Roger Zelazny	Gollancz	978-0-575-08269-4	£9.99^?£: UK pound	792	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni
The Great Book of Amber: The Complete Amber Chronicles, 1-10	date unknown	Roger Zelazny	Avon Eos	0-380-80906-0	$22.95^?$: US dollar	1258	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Tim White

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Reviews

Review by Charles N. Brown [as by Charlie Brown] (1972) in Locus, #125 October 27, 1972
Review by Richard E. Geis (1973) in The Alien Critic, January 1973
Review by Theodore Sturgeon (1973) in Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], March-April 1973 , reprinted in:
Galaxy Magazine, March-April 1973 (1973)
Review by Avram Davidson (1973) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1973
Review [Dutch] by Annemarie van Ewijck [as by Annemarie Kindt] (1974) in Holland-SF 1974, #5
Review by Cy Chauvin (1975) in Amazing Science Fiction, March 1975
Review by Chris Morgan (1975) in Vector 69 Summer 1975
Review [French] by Jean-Pierre Andrevon (1976) in Fiction, #273