{"id":12373,"date":"2008-05-16T20:40:04","date_gmt":"2008-05-17T03:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/05\/16\/a-new-zelazny-novel.html"},"modified":"2008-05-16T20:40:04","modified_gmt":"2008-05-17T03:40:04","slug":"a_new_zelazny_novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/05\/16\/a_new_zelazny_novel.html","title":{"rendered":"A new Zelazny novel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, actually <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hardcasecrime.com\/books_bios.cgi?entry=bk52\" target=\"_blank\">an <em>old <\/em>Zelazny novel<\/a>, the manuscript for which was &#8220;lost&#8221; in the author&#8217;s papers for thirty years.<\/p>\n<p>Oddly enough, <em>The Dead Man&#8217;s Brother<\/em> looks like a pretty straightforward <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hardcasecrime.com\/books_bios.cgi?entry=bk52&amp;type=excerpt\" target=\"_blank\"><em>noir<\/em>ish action novel<\/a> &#8212; which, upon consideration, seems like it would be just up Zelazny&#8217;s alley, as many of his books were sort of <em>noir<\/em>ish action novels<em>&nbsp;<\/em>in a fantastic setting.<\/p>\n<p>And, yeah, I&#8217;ll be picking it up when it comes out next February.<\/p>\n<p><small><\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/secret-hideout.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/zelazny-novel-found.html\" target=\"_blank\">De<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, actually an old Zelazny novel, the manuscript for which was &#8220;lost&#8221; in the author&#8217;s papers for thirty years. 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