Millennial Contest series by Roger Zelazny, Robert Sheckley (Books 1-3)
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Overview: Roger Zelazny made his name with a group of novellas which demonstrated just how intense an emotional charge could be generated by the stock imagery of sf; the most famous of these is ‘A Rose for Ecclesiastes’ in which a poet struggles to convince dying and sterile Martians that life is worth continuing. Zelazny continued to write excellent short stories throughout his career. Most of his novels deal, one way or another, with tricksters and mythology, often with rogues who become gods, like Sam in Lord of Light, who reinvents Buddhism as a vehicle for political subversion against his fellow-crew members who, using transhumanist technology, have appointed themselves gods on a colony planet, where the social system is derived from classical Hinduism.
The fantasy sequence The Amber Chronicles, which started with Nine Princes in Amber, deals with the ruling family of a Platonic realm at the metaphysical heart of things, who can slide, trickster-like through realities, and their wars with each other and the related ruling house of Chaos. Zelazny never entirely fulfilled his early promise -who could?- but he and his work were much loved, and a potent influence on such younger writers as George R. R. Martin and Neil Gaiman.
Millennial Contest series: A riotous new fantasy series that will challenge the funniest the field has to offer–from the creator of the bestselling Amber series and one of the genre’s legendary humorists. Azzy Elbub, demon, has his sights set on the Millenial Evil Deeds Award, given to the being whose acts do the most toward reshaping the world. But his evil plans go far astray. . . .
Genre: Fantasy
1. Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming
This is a spoof of everything from fairytales to Biblical notions. The demon Azzie Elbub finally thinks he’s in with a good chance of tipping the balance towards evil once and for all. The millennium approaches and the forces of Good and Evil are in a battle for supremacy.
2. If at Faust You Don’t Succeed
The last Millennial contest–between the forces of Good and Evil for control of the universe–didn’t work out quite so well for Evil and its rooters. But it’s time for the next round, and this time the demon Mephistopheles is carrying the ball for the forces of Darkness. But all is not as it seems. The harried archdemon mistakenly signs up a medieval cutpurse named Mack the Club, thinking him the learned Dr. Faust. The demon Azzie, still stinging from the Evil’s last defeat (and not being chosen to head the current effort), takes events into his own claws. And the pious angel Michael–well, let’s just say some of his tactics in the titanic struggle to come are not quite cricket…
3. A Farce to Be Reckoned With
On a devilish sabbatical in Europe, Azzie discovers that morality plays are all the rage. He decides to strike back by producing an "immorality play," in which seven nondescript human pilgrims will be allowed by magic to attain their hearts’ desires. But the forces of Good are determined to close the play before it opens. New characters suddenly start roaming the stage, such as a Grateful Dead-listening Cyclops, and Azzie’s own protagonists begin changing their hearts’ desires on the slightest whim. This is one theatrical production that could do without an angel – and there’s even worse news waiting in the wings…
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