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[[File:The Adventures of Akbar artillery.jpg|thumb|The partially-visible figure in the upper left corner is believed to be writer/sorceror Roger Zelazny in disguise.]]'''Roger Zelanzy''' (? - ?) is [[writer ]]/[[sorceror]].
[[File:The Adventures of Akbar artillery.jpg|thumb|The partially-visible figure in the upper left corner is believed to be writer/sorceror Roger Zelazny in disguise.]]'''Roger Zelanzy''' (May 13, 1937 – ?) is a Writer-Sorceror.


Zelany uses his mind like a bucket on a magical gallows rope, dropping that bucket into the well of himself time and again, always bringing up strange and wondrous waters -- some sweet, some tonic-bitter, some solacing, some belly-laughing funny -- from that deep, deep wellspring of humanity.
Zelazny is famous for using [[Venn diagram|Venn diagrams]] to trap [[Demon (nonfiction)|Demons]].


Zelazny is famous for using [[Venn diagram|Venn diagrams]] to trap [[Demon (nonfiction)|demons (nonfiction)]].
He frequently hypnotizes captive demons, making them perform embarrassing tricks in front of live audiences. (Similar techniques are used by the [[Human Flea Circus]].)


He frequently hypnotizes the demons and makes them perform embarrassing tricks in front of live audiences
== In the News ==
 
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File:William_Blake_-_Sconfitta_-_Frontispiece_to_The_Song_of_Los.jpg|Zelazny (working with artist [[William Blake]]) conjures a [[Venn diagram]] against an unnamed [[Demon (nonfiction)|Demon]].
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==

Revision as of 15:37, 19 June 2016

The partially-visible figure in the upper left corner is believed to be writer/sorceror Roger Zelazny in disguise.

Roger Zelanzy (May 13, 1937 – ?) is a Writer-Sorceror.

Zelazny is famous for using Venn diagrams to trap Demons.

He frequently hypnotizes captive demons, making them perform embarrassing tricks in front of live audiences. (Similar techniques are used by the Human Flea Circus.)

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference