Nine Princes in Amber
core novel 1970 Chronicles of Amber
Record
| First published | 1970 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.04 (61,555 ratings, collected 2026-08-06) |
| Page count | 175 |
| First-edition ISBN | 0380014300 |
| First-edition date | 1970-05 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Where it sits
- Universe: Chronicles of Amber
- Series: The Chronicles of Amber (Corwin Cycle) core; position 1 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Roger Zelazny
Awards (verified)
- Locus Award (Novel), 1971: finalist; Locus reader-poll placement, ranked 15. Category recorded as generic "Novel" -- the Locus Awards did not yet have a separate "Best Fantasy Novel" category before 1980; sfadb's own historical listing preserves this era-appropriate category name (confirmed via sfadb.com/Roger_Zelazny, human-verification pass 2026-08-07).
- Mythopoeic Award (Fantasy), 1971: nominated
Notes
- No ISBN: the 1970 Doubleday first edition of Nine Princes in Amber was never assigned an ISBN; ISBNs did not become standard in the US book trade until the early-to-mid 1970s. A permanent bibliographic fact, not a research gap (manual ISFDB pass, 2026-08-10).
- From the series record (The Chronicles of Amber (Corwin Cycle)): Narrated by Corwin. Publication order = internal chronological order (OrderOfBooks.com).
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Chronicles of Amber (Corwin Cycle): position 1 of 5: next The Guns of Avalon (1972)
- Internal chronology, within Chronicles of Amber: position 1 of 10: next The Guns of Avalon (1972)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Princes_in_Amber
- http://books.ofearna.us/zelazny.html
- https://www.isfdb.org
- https://www.sfadb.com/Roger_Zelazny
- The Mythopoeic Society, official Fantasy Award finalists list
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