Amber Chronology

1937 Roger Joseph Zelazny born (May 13).

1967 Excerpts of Nine Princes in Amber appear in Kallikanzaros #1 (June) and #3 (December).

The Corwin Cycle

1970 Nine Princes in Amber 

1972 The Guns of Avalon 

1975 Sign of the Unicorn (first serialized in Galaxy) 

1976 The Hand of Oberon (serialized in Galaxy) 

1978 The Courts of Chaos (serialized in Galaxy)

1982 Theodore Krulik interview with Zelazny (republished by Tor in 2016).

The Merlin Cycle begins

1985 Trumps of Doom (Locus Fantasy Award winner). 

1985  [rights] Telarium releases an interactive fiction game based on Nine Princes in Amber. 

1986 Blood of Amber. 

1987 Sign of Chaos. 

1988 Roger Zelazny's Visual Guide to Castle Amber, with Neil Randall. 

Late 80's [rights] West End Games licenses Amber tabletop RPG rights from Zelazny; designer Erick Wujcik later acquires those rights when West End passes on his diceless approach. 

1989 Knight of Shadows. 

1991 Prince of Chaos, the final Zelazny Amber novel. 

1991 [rights] Wujcik publishes Amber Diceless Role-Playing through Phage Press.

The Short Stories

1992 Amberzine #1 launches at Phage Press. 

1994 "The Salesman's Tale" (Amberzine #6). 

1994 Warren Lapine interview with Zelazny (Absolute Magnitude). 

1994 "The Shroudling and the Guisel" (Realms of Fantasy #1). 

1995 "Blue Horse, Dancing Mountains" (Wheel of Fortune). 

1995 "Coming to a Cord" (Pirate Writings #7). 

Jun 14, 1995 — Zelazny dies in Santa Fe, age 58; Literary copyright passes to the Zelazny estate, administered via The Amber Corporation. 

1996 "Hall of Mirrors" (Castle Fantastic), final completed Amber story.

Posthumous Works and Reference

1996 Theodore Krulik, The Complete Amber Sourcebook. 

1996 [rights] DC Comics publishes Terry Bisson's three-part adaptations of Nine Princes in Amber and The Guns of Avalon. 

2002 [rights] Estate licenses prequel rights to ibooks (Byron Preiss).

The Betancourt Prequels

2002 The Dawn of Amber. 

2004 Chaos and Amber.

2004 [rights] Wujcik licenses the RPG to Guardians of Order (folds 2006). 

2005 To Rule in Amber. 

2005 "A Secret of Amber" (Zelazny/Ed Greenwood collaboration, c. 1977–1992) finally published in Amberzine #12–15. 

2005 Shadows of Amber — ends on a cliffhanger; ibooks' bankruptcy cancels the planned fifth volume (Sword of Chaos). 

2007 [rights] Diceless by Design formed to keep the RPG in print.

Modern Era

2012 Christopher S. Kovacs, "Suspended in Literature: Patterns and Allusions in The Chronicles of Amber" (NYRSF).

2012 Audible releases new recordings: Alessandro Juliani (Corwin cycle) and Wil Wheaton (Merlin cycle). 

2016 [rights] Skybound Entertainment and Vincent Newman Entertainment option TV rights, with Robert Kirkman executive producing. 

2017 Shadows & Reflections: A Roger Zelazny Tribute Anthology, edited by Trent Zelazny and Warren Lapine. 

2020 Seven Tales in Amber short-story collection (Amber Limited; introduction by Warren Lapine).

2022 Immer, Zlaz: The Zelazny/Yoke Letters. 

2023  [rights] Stephen Colbert's Spartina banner joins Skybound and VNE on the TV adaptation.