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This Mortal Mountain

Roger Zelazny

First published 2009
Series The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny #3
Publisher NESFA Press
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Cover art Michael Whelan
Pages 576
Price $29.00
ISBN 9781886778788

Stated first edition, July 2009. Actually published one month earlier.
Stated in the word from the editors: Many of the stories and poems are followed by "A Word from Zelazny" in which the author muses about the preceding work (sometimes only a few lines, sometimes several pages). Many of the works are also followed by a set of "Notes", explaining names, literary allusions and less familiar words (these entries also vary in length from a few lines to several pages). In fact the "A Word from Zelazny", the "A Word from Philip K. Dick", the "A Word from Frederik Pohl" and the "Notes" sections were compiled and written by Christopher S. Kovacs. The "A Word from Zelazny" sections quote Zelazny from correspondence, interviews, essays etc.
Some of the poems are part of a story, but are mentioned separately on the TOC, with a page number following the story. The page numbering of the TOC is then followed.
The contents page lists the poem "Words", which was a revised version of "Between You & I", and is not included separately.

Year Reviewer Publication
2009 Gardner Dozois Locus, #585 October 2009

Page Title Author(s) Type
Notes (This Mortal Mountain) Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
5 A Word from the Editors (The Collected Stories Of Roger Zelazny) David G. Grubbs & Christopher S. Kovacs & Ann Crimmins Essay
11 Of Meetings and Partings Neil Gaiman Essay
15 On Roger Zelazny David G. Hartwell Essay
21 This Mortal Mountain Roger Zelazny Novelette
58 A Word from Zelazny (This Mortal Mountain) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
60 Lover's Valediction: Forbidding Day's Sacrament Roger Zelazny Poem
61 The Man Who Loved the Faioli Roger Zelazny Short Story
68 A Word from Zelazny (The Man Who Loved the Faioli) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
70 Song (The Leaves are Gone) Roger Zelazny Poem
71 Angel, Dark Angel Roger Zelazny Short Story
82 A Word from Zelazny (Angel, Dark Angel) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
84 Fire, Snakes & the Moon Roger Zelazny Poem
85 The Hounds of Sorrow Roger Zelazny Short Fiction
93 The Window Washer Roger Zelazny Short Fiction
102 Lobachevsky's Eyes Roger Zelazny Poem
103 A Word from Zelazny (Lobachevsky's Eyes) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
104 Beyond the River of the Blessed Roger Zelazny Poem
105 Damnation Alley Roger Zelazny Novella
187 A Word from Zelazny (Damnation Alley) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
189 The Last Inn on the Road Roger Zelazny & Dannie Plachta Short Story
194 Chorus Mysticus Roger Zelazny Poem
195 A Hand Across the Galaxy Roger Zelazny Short Story
197 A Word from Zelazny (A Hand Across the Galaxy) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
198 A Word from Philip K. Dick (A Hand Across the Galaxy) Philip K. Dick & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
199 The Insider Roger Zelazny Short Fiction
203 Permanent Mood Roger Zelazny Poem
204 Maitreya Roger Zelazny Poem
205 Heritage Roger Zelazny Short Fiction
208 Tryptych Roger Zelazny Poem
209 He That Moves Roger Zelazny Short Story
217 A Word from Zelazny (He That Moves) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
218 Avalanches Roger Zelazny Poem
219 Somewhere a Piece of Colored Light Roger Zelazny Poem
220 We Are the Legions of Hellwell Roger Zelazny Poem
221 Corrida Roger Zelazny Short Story
223 A Word from Zelazny (Corrida) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
224 Awakening Roger Zelazny Poem
226 Night Thoughts Roger Zelazny Poem
227 Dismal Light Roger Zelazny Short Story
241 A Word from Zelazny (Dismal Light) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
242 Paintpot Roger Zelazny Poem
243 Song of the Blue Baboon Roger Zelazny Short Story
247 A Word from Zelazny (Song of the Blue Baboon) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
248 A Word from Frederik Pohl (Song of the Blue Baboon) Frederik Pohl & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
248 Reflection from an Oriental Ashtray Roger Zelazny Poem
249 Stowaway Roger Zelazny Short Story
252 T. S. Eliot Roger Zelazny Poem
254 Wall Roger Zelazny Poem
255 Here There Be Dragons Roger Zelazny Short Story
269 A Word from Zelazny (Here There Be Dragons) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
270 Morning with Music Roger Zelazny Poem
272 I Walked Beyond the Mirror Roger Zelazny Poem
273 Way Up High Roger Zelazny Short Story
291 A Word from Zelazny (Way Up High) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
292 Museum Moods Roger Zelazny Poem
293 Sentiments with Numbers Roger Zelazny Poem
294 Storm and Sunrise Roger Zelazny Poem
295 The Steel General Roger Zelazny Short Fiction
333 A Word from Zelazny (The Steel General) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
336 Between You & I Roger Zelazny Poem
337 Augury Roger Zelazny Poem
339 Pyramid Roger Zelazny Poem
341 Come to Me Not in Winter's White Harlan Ellison & Roger Zelazny Short Story
351 A Word from Zelazny (Come to Me Not in Winter's White) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
352 A Word from Harlan Ellison® (Come to Me Not in Winter's White) Harlan Ellison Essay
354 Thundershoon Roger Zelazny Poem
355 The Year of the Good Seed Roger Zelazny & Dannie Plachta Short Story
360 What Is Left When the Soul Is Sold Roger Zelazny Poem
361 The Man at the Corner of Now and Forever Roger Zelazny Short Fiction
370 LP Me Thee Roger Zelazny Poem
371 My Lady of the Diodes Roger Zelazny Short Story
388 A Word from Zelazny (My Lady of the Diodes) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
389 The Thing That Cries in the Night Roger Zelazny Poem
397 Alas! Alas! This Woeful Fate Roger Zelazny Short Fiction
403 Sun's Trophy Stirring Roger Zelazny Short Fiction
406 Dim Roger Zelazny Poem
408 Dark Horse Shadow Roger Zelazny Poem
409 Add Infinite Item Roger Zelazny Short Fiction
410 Missolonghi Hillside Roger Zelazny Poem
411 The Game of Blood and Dust Roger Zelazny Short Story
415 A Word from Zelazny (The Game of Blood and Dust) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
416 Ducks Roger Zelazny Poem
417 The Force That Through the Circuit Drives the Current Roger Zelazny Short Story
422 A Word from Zelazny (The Force That Through the Circuit Drives the Current) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
423 Lamentations of the Venusian Pensioner Roger Zelazny Poem
425 No Award Roger Zelazny Short Story
434 A Word from Zelazny (No Award) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
435 Reply Roger Zelazny Poem
439 Is There a Demon Lover in the House? Roger Zelazny Short Story
443 A Word from Zelazny (Is There a Demon Lover in the House?) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
444 Testament Roger Zelazny Poem
445 The Engine at Heartspring's Center Roger Zelazny Short Story
453 A Word from Zelazny (The Engine at Heartspring's Center) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
454 Sonnet, Anyone? Roger Zelazny Poem
457 Tomorrow Stuff Roger Zelazny Essay
463 Science Fiction and How It Got That Way Roger Zelazny Essay
469 Self-Interview Roger Zelazny Essay
473 The Genre: A Geological Survey Roger Zelazny Essay
477 A Burnt-Out Case? Roger Zelazny Essay
492 Philip K. Dick Roger Zelazny Poem
493 A Word from Zelazny (Philip K. Dick) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
495 Ideas, Digressions and Daydreams: The Amazing Science Fiction Machine Roger Zelazny Essay
499 Musings on Lord of Light Roger Zelazny Essay
503 "... And Call Me Roger": The Literary Life of Roger Zelazny, Part 3 Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
549 Guns of Avalon: Deleted Sex Scene Roger Zelazny Short Fiction
553 Bridge of Ashes (Outline) Roger Zelazny Short Fiction
561 Doorways in the Sand (Summary) Roger Zelazny Short Fiction
573 Acknowledgments (The Collected Stories Of Roger Zelazny) David G. Grubbs & Christopher S. Kovacs & Ann Crimmins Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
This Mortal Mountain: Volume 3: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny Cover 2011 NESFA Press Hardcover Collection Michael Whelan 575