Author: ZELAZNY, ROGER
Title: The Courts of Chaos
Description: New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1978. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385136854. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has toning / foxing. "Two other personal characteristics that influenced his fiction were his expertise in martial arts and his addiction to tobacco. Zelazny became expert with the épée in college, and thus began a lifelong study of several different martial arts, including judo, aikido (which he later taught as well, having gained a black belt) , t'ai chi, and pa kua. In turn, many of his characters ably and knowledgeably use similar skills whilst dispatching their opponents. Zelazny was also a passionate cigarette and pipe smoker (until he quit in the early '80s) , so much so, that he made many of his protagonists heavy smokers as well. However, he quit in order to improve his cardiovascular fitness for the martial arts; once he had quit, characters in his later novels and short stories stopped smoking too. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: 0385136854 Science Fiction Roger Zelazny Books Of Amber Fantasy
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Title: The Courts of Chaos
Description: New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1978. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385136854. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has toning / foxing. "Two other personal characteristics that influenced his fiction were his expertise in martial arts and his addiction to tobacco. Zelazny became expert with the épée in college, and thus began a lifelong study of several different martial arts, including judo, aikido (which he later taught as well, having gained a black belt) , t'ai chi, and pa kua. In turn, many of his characters ably and knowledgeably use similar skills whilst dispatching their opponents. Zelazny was also a passionate cigarette and pipe smoker (until he quit in the early '80s) , so much so, that he made many of his protagonists heavy smokers as well. However, he quit in order to improve his cardiovascular fitness for the martial arts; once he had quit, characters in his later novels and short stories stopped smoking too. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: 0385136854 Science Fiction Roger Zelazny Books Of Amber Fantasy
Price: US$ 40.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 42507
- Book number: 42507
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