Editing Roger Zelazny (section)

==Legacy==
Zelazny's stories inspired other authors in his generation including [[Samuel R. Delany]], whose novel ''[[Nova (novel)|Nova]]'' and many of his short stories were written "partly in response to Zelazny’s eruption into the field."<ref name="tor.com">"[http://www.tor.com/2012/11/11/something-else-like-roger-zelazny/ Something Else Like ... Roger Zelazny]" by Jo Walton, [[Tor.com]], November 11, 2012.</ref> In 1967 [[Algis Budrys]] listed Zelazny, Delany, [[J. G. Ballard]], and [[Brian Aldiss]] as "an earthshaking new kind of" writer, and leaders of the [[New Wave (science fiction)|New Wave]].<ref name="budrys196710">{{Cite magazine
 |last=Budrys
 |first=Algis
 |date=October 1967
 |title=Galaxy Bookshelf
 |url=https://archive.org/stream/Galaxy_v26n01_1967-10_modified#page/n175/mode/2up
 |magazine=Galaxy Science Fiction
 |pages=188–194
}}</ref> [[Neil Gaiman]] said Zelazny was the author who influenced him the most,<ref>"Of Meetings and Partings" by Neil Gaiman, introduction to ''This Mortal Mountain: Volume 3 of The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny'', NESFA Press, edited by David G. Grubbs, Christopher S. Kovacs, and Ann Crimmins, 2009, page 12.</ref> with this influence particularly seen in Gaiman's literary style and the topics he writes about.<ref name="tor.com"/> [[Andrzej Sapkowski]] considered Zelazny his spiritual teacher, whose work inspired him to write his first novel.<ref>Andrzej Sapkowski: "I had to find my own channel. And I found it... " / / Star Road. — 2003. — № 7—8.</ref>

The anthology ''[[Lord of the Fantastic]]: Stories in Honor of Roger Zelazny'', edited by [[Martin H. Greenberg]] and released in 1998, featured essays and stories in honor of Zelazny by [[Walter Jon Williams]], [[Jack Williamson]], [[John Varley (author)|John Varley]], Gaiman, [[Gregory Benford]] and many other authors.<ref>''Lord of the Fantastic: Stories in Honor of Roger Zelazny'' edited by Martin H. Greenberg, Avon Eos, 1998.</ref>

The anthology ''Shadows & Reflections: A Roger Zelazny Tribute Anthology'', edited by Trent Zelazny and Warren Lapine, was released in 2017 and featured two essays and fifteen stories set in universes Zelazny created. Contributors included Zelazny, [[George R.R. Martin]], Shannon Zelazny, [[Warren Lapine]], [[Steven Brust]], [[Kelly McCullough]], [[Jane Lindskold]], [[Steve Perry (author)|Steve Perry]], [[Gerald Hausman]], [[Lawrence Watt-Evans]], Michael H. Hanson, Mark Rich, Gio Clairval, Edward J. McFadden III, Theodore Krulik, [[Shariann Lewitt]], and Jay O'Connell.<ref>''Shadows & Reflections: A Roger Zelazny Tribute Anthology'' edited by Trent Zelazny & Warren Lapine, Positronic Publishing, 2017.</ref>