''The Last Defender of Camelot'' is an
anthology
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of
science fiction
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and
fantasy
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short stories
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by American writer
Roger Zelazny
Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American poet and writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for ''The Chronicles of Amber''. He won the Nebula Award three times (out of 14 nomin ...
.
Contents
This is a list of the short stories included in the 1980 edition. The ones with UM were only in the limited Underwood-Miller editions.
* "Passion Play"
* "Horseman!"
* "The Stainless Steel Leech"
* "A Thing of Terrible Beauty"
* "He Who Shapes"
* "Comes Now the Power"
* "Auto-Da-Fe"
* "Damnation Alley" (magazine version)
* "
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* "The Engine at Heartspring's Center"
* "The Game of Blood and Dust"
* "No Award"
* "Is there a Demon Lover in the House?"
* "
The Last Defender of Camelot
''The Last Defender of Camelot'' is an anthology of science fiction and fantasy short stories by American writer Roger Zelazny
Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American poet and writer of fantasy and science ...
"
* "Stand Pat, Ruby Stone"
* "Halfjack"
* "Exeunt Omnes" (UM)
* "Fire And/Or Ice" (UM)
* "Shadowjack" (UM)
* "A Very Good Year" (UM)
References
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1980 short story collections
Short story collections by Roger Zelazny
Pocket Books books
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