Skip to content

Opening book details…

Can I read Damnation Alley on EtoBox?

Damnation Alley by Zelazny, Roger is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Damnation Alley about?

SUMMARY: You've gotta love to hate the 1977 movie Damnation Alley, a cheese-filled classic from sci-fi's cinematic canon. But there's at least one good thing you can say about this otherwise awful flick: it's prevented the movie's far superior source material from being forgotten. Roger Zelazny's post-apocalypse novel predates the George Peppard-Jan-Michael Vincent vehicle by about a decade and represents the fine storytelling talents of one of science fiction and fantasy's most daring writers (likely best remembered for his imaginative Amber series). Speaking of vehicles: the coolest part of the movie--and likely, thankfully, the only part most people remember--turns out to be even cooler in the book: the flame-spewing, .50-caliber-bullet-belching, grenade-throwing, gigantic all-terrain vehicle that's responsible for getting a crucial antiserum shipment from Los Angeles to Boston to stop a deadly plague. The driver, a despicable lowlife named Hell Tanner, has been given a not-so-difficult choice. He can either get the drugs to the East Coast intact, save humanity, and receive a full pardon for his crimes, or he can refuse and spend the rest of his life in a ''zebra suit.'' So what

Who reads Damnation Alley?

It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Zelazny, Roger
Publisher
I Books
Published
2004
Language
EN
ISBN
9780743486620
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Science Fiction, Literary Fiction
Rating
3.55 / 5 (3,257 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

Other editions & translations

More by Zelazny, Roger

Browse all works by Zelazny, Roger

Similar books