“Two days like icebergs—bleak, blank, half-melting, all frigid, mainly out of sight, and definitely a threat to peace of mind—drifted by and were good to put behind.”

— Roger Zelazny

The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth (1965)

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American speculative fiction writer 1937–1995

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