Roger Zelazny Quote
So feathers or lead? I asked him. Pardon? It is the riddle of the kallikanzaros. Pick one. Feathers? You’re wrong. If I had said lead’ . . .? Uh-uh. You only have one chance. The correct answer is whatever the kallikanzaros wants it to be. You lose. That sounds a bit arbitrary. Kallikanzaroi are that way. It’s Greek, rather than Oriental subtlety. Less inscrutable, too. Because your life often depends on the answer, and the kallikanzaros generally wants you to lose.
Roger Zelazny
So feathers or lead? I asked him. Pardon? It is the riddle of the kallikanzaros. Pick one. Feathers? You’re wrong. If I had said lead’ . . .? Uh-uh. You only have one chance. The correct answer is whatever the kallikanzaros wants it to be. You lose. That sounds a bit arbitrary. Kallikanzaroi are that way. It’s Greek, rather than Oriental subtlety. Less inscrutable, too. Because your life often depends on the answer, and the kallikanzaros generally wants you to lose.
Related Quotes
About Roger Zelazny
Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American poet and writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for The Chronicles of Amber. He won the Nebula Award three times (out of 14 nominations) and the Hugo Award six times (also out of 14 nominations), including two Hugos for novels: the serialized novel ...And Call Me Conrad (1965), subsequently published under the title This Immortal (1966) and then the novel Lord of Light (1967).