Damnation Alley is a 1969 science fiction novel by Roger Zelazny. A film adaptation was released in 1977. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels. ... Jack Gaughan (1930-1985) was an American Science Fiction Artist and illustrator who won the Hugo Award several times. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Some notable science fiction novels, in alphabetical order by title: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke 334 by Thomas M. Disch An Age by Brian Aldiss The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton The Atrocity Exhibition by J.G. Ballard... G. P. Putnams Sons was a major United States book publisher based in New York City, New York. ... A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) book is bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with cloth or heavy paper) and a stitched spine. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels. ... Damnation Alley is a 1977 film, directed by Jack Smight, loosely based on the novel by Roger Zelazny of the same name. ...

Plot introduction

The novel opens in a post-apocalyptic California, in a hellish world shattered by nuclear war. Hurricane-force winds above five hundred feet prevent any sort of air travel and storms so sudden, violent, and unpredictable make day-to-day life a mini-hell. Hell Tanner, a convicted killer and the last Hells Angel alive, is offered a full pardon in exchange for taking on a suicide mission - a drive through "Damnation Alley" across a ruined America from Los Angeles to Boston — as one of three vehicles attempting to deliver urgently needed plague vaccine. Hells Angels logo (Smithsonian Institution) The Hells Angels (without an apostrophe), was formed in 1948 in Fontana, California (where the local chapter remains active), taking the name of the movie Hells Angels based on the Royal Flying Corps directed by Howard Hughes. ...

Film adaptation

In 1977, a film loosely based on the novel was directed by Jack Smight. Roger Zelazny was so upset by the actualisation of his novel that he requested to have his name removed from the film (which the studio refused to do).^{[citation needed]} Damnation Alley is a 1977 film, directed by Jack Smight, loosely based on the novel by Roger Zelazny of the same name. ... Jack Smight (March 9, 1925 - September 1, 2003) American film director. ...

Related works

The novel Hardwired by Walter Jon Williams is an homage to Damnation Alley. The two authors (Zelazny and Williams) later became good friends. Walter Jon Williams (born 15 October 1953) is an American writer, primarily of science fiction. ...

Coorelations

The name may come from "Castration Alley" an old famous suburb of lower east side New York named "Castration Alley" due to the number of neutered and spayed stray cats prominent in the area. NY redirects here. ...

References

• Levack, Daniel J. H. (1983). Amber Dreams: A Roger Zelazny Bibliography. San Francisco: Underwood/Miller, 26-29. ISBN 0-934438-39-0.