The Courts of Chaos
core novel 1978 Chronicles of Amber
Record
| First published | 1978 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.18 (24,534 ratings, collected 2026-08-06) |
| Page count | 189 |
| First-edition ISBN | 0-385-13685-4 |
| First-edition date | 1978-10 |
| Internal chronology | 5 |
Where it sits
- Universe: Chronicles of Amber
- Series: The Chronicles of Amber (Corwin Cycle) core; position 5 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Roger Zelazny
Awards (verified)
- Locus Award (Novel), 1979: finalist; Locus reader-poll placement, ranked 9. 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).
- Gandalf Award (Book-Length Fantasy), 1979: nominated; Zelazny himself was separately nominated for the Gandalf Award's author-level "Grand Master of Fantasy" category in 1978, 1979, and 1980 (per sfadb.com/Roger_Zelazny) -- not registered as its own award record here since this project's award schema is book/work-scoped; noted for completeness. The Gandalf Award itself remains permanently defunct with no surviving administering body (marked permanently unresolvable).
Notes
- 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 5 of 5: previous The Hand of Oberon (1976)
- Internal chronology, within Chronicles of Amber: position 5 of 10: previous The Hand of Oberon (1976) · next Trumps of Doom (1985)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Courts_of_Chaos
- http://books.ofearna.us/zelazny.html
- https://www.isfdb.org
- https://www.sfadb.com/Roger_Zelazny
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