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A review by shane_tiernan
The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth by Roger Zelazny
4.0
This is one of the best collections I've read as far as the stories being consistently good to great. Below is a short blurb about each story. There may be spoilers there.
Corrida (6.5) Bullfighting, you’re the bull, Satan's the toreador.
The Man Who Loved the Faioli (7.0) I don't really get it but it was just so damn cool. Robot graveyard keeper gets together with life draining, angel/slut of death.
The Monster and the Maiden (7.0) Sacrifice a dragon to a human. Pretty funny, very short like a joke
A Museum Piece (6.5) Short silly, sometimes witty, if you can't be an artist then be art.
Collector's Fever (6.0) Short, quirky, I guess it's a hard sci-fi joke.
Devil Car (7.0) This was cool and fun. Mad Max-ish, but totally original.
Divine Madness (6.0) Man loses wife in car accident, now has siezures where everything happens in reverse. Finally reverses to before accident and stops accident from happening.
Love is an Imaginary Number (6.5) Not bad. Trying to figure out if he's the devil, Prometheus or just man in general.
Lucifer (7.0) Not sure why it's called "Lucifer" but damn is it poignant.
The Great Slow Kings (9.0) Excellent, they're like ents only even slower.
The Keys to December (7.0) Forgot to add notes, but I remember liking it.
The Mortal Mountain (6.0) Original. Team climbs highest mountain ever and is haunted by computers trying to protect a woman dying in the mountain. I didn't get the ending at all.
This Moment of the Storm (7.0) This was good, not super creative but poignant and interesting.
A Rose for Ecclesiastes (7.5) Anyone else would have stopped with the basic plot but he gave it so much more
The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth (9.0) This is Zelazny at the top of his game. Amazing writing. Super witty, cool original plot.
Corrida (6.5) Bullfighting, you’re the bull, Satan's the toreador.
The Man Who Loved the Faioli (7.0) I don't really get it but it was just so damn cool. Robot graveyard keeper gets together with life draining, angel/slut of death.
The Monster and the Maiden (7.0) Sacrifice a dragon to a human. Pretty funny, very short like a joke
A Museum Piece (6.5) Short silly, sometimes witty, if you can't be an artist then be art.
Collector's Fever (6.0) Short, quirky, I guess it's a hard sci-fi joke.
Devil Car (7.0) This was cool and fun. Mad Max-ish, but totally original.
Divine Madness (6.0) Man loses wife in car accident, now has siezures where everything happens in reverse. Finally reverses to before accident and stops accident from happening.
Love is an Imaginary Number (6.5) Not bad. Trying to figure out if he's the devil, Prometheus or just man in general.
Lucifer (7.0) Not sure why it's called "Lucifer" but damn is it poignant.
The Great Slow Kings (9.0) Excellent, they're like ents only even slower.
The Keys to December (7.0) Forgot to add notes, but I remember liking it.
The Mortal Mountain (6.0) Original. Team climbs highest mountain ever and is haunted by computers trying to protect a woman dying in the mountain. I didn't get the ending at all.
This Moment of the Storm (7.0) This was good, not super creative but poignant and interesting.
A Rose for Ecclesiastes (7.5) Anyone else would have stopped with the basic plot but he gave it so much more
The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth (9.0) This is Zelazny at the top of his game. Amazing writing. Super witty, cool original plot.