The Hand of Oberon
- 188
- Pages
- about 3.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
Zelazny’s vivid prose and strong characters carry “The Hand of Oberon”, the fourth of ten volumes in “The Chronicles of Amber”. At under two hundred pages it is a brief instalment in a story of royal family, magic and conspiracy, and it depends on the three books before it. Some readers feel that not much happens in this volume.
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About the book
The Hand of Oberon is a fantasy novel by American writer Roger Zelazny, the fourth novel in The Chronicles of Amber series, published in book form by Doubleday in 1976. It was first published in serial format in Galaxy Science Fiction magazine.
Reading order · The Chronicles of Amber
Full order & progress →- Nine Princes in AmberStart here
7.77.7 / 10 - The Guns of Avalon
7.97.9 / 10 - Sign of the Unicorn
7.97.9 / 10 - The Hand of OberonThis book
8.08.0 / 10 - The Courts of Chaos
7.97.9 / 10 - Trumps of Doom
–Not ranked yet - Blood of Amber
7.87.8 / 10 - Sign of Chaos
7.97.9 / 10 - Knight of Shadows
7.97.9 / 10 - Prince of Chaos
7.97.9 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.0 across 138 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 48% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.6 | 9 | 7% |
| Hardcover | 8.0 | 129 | 94% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Hand of Oberon?
It has 188 pages — shorter than 98% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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