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Not the gem, nor yet the colour. I refer, of course - obviously! - to the series of novels by Roger Zelazny, which deal with the world of Amber. All other realities are shadows of Amber, including our own humble Earth, and those of aristocratic Amber blood can move between these realities. Art!
One of the interesting physical differences between Amber and other realities is that there are no explosive compounds there. You can combine the ingredients for gunpowder, but they won't explode. So, no gunpowder means no firearms; things are limited to swords and pikes. Until Corwin, the protagonist, discovers that a jeweller's powder from Avalon, one of the Shadow realities, will explode on contact with fire in Amber. His plot commences ...
This is the second volume of Ol' Rog's "Chronicles of Amber" and I picked it up in a second-hand bookshop because the title seemed a curious play on "The Guns Of Navarone", and I think that's enough of an Intro to what's supposed to be short on my verbiage. Onward and upward!
2021
BOOJUM! (comsatangel2002.blogspot.com)
2020
BOOJUM!: Piping Hot Is What It's Not (comsatangel2002.blogspot.com)
2019
BOOJUM!: More Of Missiles! (comsatangel2002.blogspot.com)
2018
BOOJUM!: White Walkers? (comsatangel2002.blogspot.com)
2017
BOOJUM!: It's A Gas (comsatangel2002.blogspot.com)
2016
BOOJUM!: The Name - Only Kidding! (comsatangel2002.blogspot.com)
2015
BOOJUM!: Spock Drokk Grock (comsatangel2002.blogspot.com)
2014
BOOJUM!: Today Has A Theme - "Patience" (comsatangel2002.blogspot.com)
Yes yes yes, the blog began in 2013. NOT UNTIL JUNE! So be patient.
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