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Last Exit to Babylon

Roger Zelazny

First published 2009
Series The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny #4
Publisher NESFA Press
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Cover art Michael Whelan
Pages 576
Price $29.00
ISBN 9781886778795

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", explaning 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”, 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 drops the first "The" from "The Doctrine of the Perfect Lie".

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

Page Title Author(s) Type
Notes (Last Exit to Babylon) 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 The Prince of Amber Joe Haldeman Essay
15 What I Didn't Learn from Reading Roger Zelazny Steven Brust Essay
21 My Name Is Legion: Précis Roger Zelazny Essay
23 A Word from Zelazny (My Name Is Legion: Précis) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
24 Diadoumenos of Polycletus Roger Zelazny Poem
25 The Eve of RUMOKO Roger Zelazny Novella
78 A Word from Zelazny (The Eve of RUMOKO) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
81 'Kjwalll'kje'k'koothaïlll'kje'k Roger Zelazny Novella
142 A Word from Zelazny ('Kjwalll'kje'k'koothaïilll'kje'k) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
145 Home Is the Hangman Roger Zelazny Novella
204 A Word from Zelazny (Home Is the Hangman) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
209 Come, Let Us Pace the Sky-Aspiring Wave Roger Zelazny Poem
212 On the Death of a Manned Stellar Observation Satellite Roger Zelazny Poem
213 Stand Pat, Ruby Stone Roger Zelazny Short Story
222 A Word from Zelazny (Stand Pat, Ruby Stone) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
223 I, a Stranger and Revisited Roger Zelazny Poem
225 Go Starless in the Night Roger Zelazny Short Story
232 A Word from Zelazny (Go Starless in the Night) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
233 Halfjack Roger Zelazny Short Story
238 A Word from Zelazny (Halfjack) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
239 On the Return of the Mercurian Flamebird After Nesting Roger Zelazny Poem
241 The Last Defender of Camelot Roger Zelazny Novelette
262 A Word from Zelazny (The Last Defender of Camelot) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
265 Fire and/or Ice Roger Zelazny Short Story
268 A Word from Zelazny (Fire and/or Ice) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
269 Exeunt Omnes Roger Zelazny Short Story
272 A Word from Zelazny (Exeunt Omnes) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
273 A Very Good Year ... Roger Zelazny Short Story
277 A Word from Zelazny (A Very Good Year ...) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
278 There Is Always a Poem Roger Zelazny Poem
280 The Doctrine of the Perfect Lie Roger Zelazny Poem
281 The Places of Aache Roger Zelazny Short Story
290 A Word from Zelazny (The Places of Aache) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
291 A City Divided Roger Zelazny Short Story
302 A Word from Zelazny (A City Divided) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
303 The White Beast Roger Zelazny Short Story
306 A Word from Zelazny (The White Beast) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
307 Tower of Ice Roger Zelazny Novella
358 A Word from Zelazny (Tower of Ice) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
359 The George Business Roger Zelazny Short Story
366 A Word from Zelazny (The George Business) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
368 Pelias Waking, Within the S.C. Roger Zelazny Poem
370 Torlin Dragonson Roger Zelazny Poem
371 The Naked Matador Roger Zelazny Short Story
378 A Word from Zelazny (The Naked Matador) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
379 Walpurgisnacht Roger Zelazny Short Story
383 A Word from Zelazny (Walpurgisnacht) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
384 Wriggle Under George Washington Bridge Roger Zelazny Poem
385 The Last of the Wild Ones Roger Zelazny Short Story
401 A Word from Zelazny (The Last of the Wild Ones) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
402 Lamentations of the Prematurely Old Satyr Roger Zelazny Poem
403 Moonsong Roger Zelazny Poem
404 Nuages Roger Zelazny Poem
405 The Horses of Lir Roger Zelazny Short Story
417 A Word from Zelazny (The Horses of Lir) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
418 Friend Roger Zelazny Poem
419 Recital Roger Zelazny Short Story
423 A Word from Zelazny (Recital) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
424 The Burning Roger Zelazny Poem
426 Dance Roger Zelazny Poem
427 And I Only Am Escaped to Tell Thee Roger Zelazny Short Story
430 A Word from Zelazny (And I Only Am Escaped to Tell Thee) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
431 Shadowjack Roger Zelazny Short Story
440 A Word from Zelazny (Shadowjack) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
442 Shadows Roger Zelazny Poem
443 Shadowjack: Character Outline Roger Zelazny Short Fiction
446 Great Cummings Roger Zelazny Poem
447 The Man Without a Shadow Roger Zelazny Poem
451 Unicorn Variation Roger Zelazny Novelette
474 A Word from Zelazny (Unicorn Variation) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
477 When Pussywillows Last in the Catyard Bloomed Roger Zelazny Poem
480 A Word from Zelazny (When Pussywillows Last in the Catyard Bloomed) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
483 Some Science Fiction Parameters: A Biased View Roger Zelazny Essay
490 A Word from Zelazny (Some Science Fiction Parameters: A Biased View) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
491 Black Is the Color and None Is the Number Roger Zelazny Essay
500 A Word from Zelazny (Black Is the Color and None Is the Number) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
501 The Parts That Are Only Glimpsed: Three Reflexes Roger Zelazny Essay
504 A Word from Zelazny (The Parts That Are Only Glimpsed: Three Reflexes) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
505 Future Crime Roger Zelazny Essay
511 A Number of Princes in Amber Roger Zelazny Essay
515 The Balance Between Art and Commerce Roger Zelazny Essay
517 Amber and the Amberites Roger Zelazny Essay
521 A Word from Zelazny (Amber and the Amberites) Roger Zelazny & Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
523 "... And Call Me Roger": The Literary Life of Roger Zelazny, Part 4 Christopher S. Kovacs Essay
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
Last Exit to Babylon: Volume 4: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny Cover 2013 NESFA Press Hardcover Collection Michael Whelan 575