This Immortal

This SF road story with mythic elements was lucky enough to share the 1966 Hugo award with Frank Herbert's Dune. I have read that it is not as good as Dune, nor Zelazny's other Hugo winner, Lord of Light, but this is a good read.

Starts off in confusion, but that is to be expected with a main character who is immortal and the victim of evil rumors - or are they true? Many of these elements are not completely cleared up, but the main narrative definitely is. Zelazny's characters have solid motivations and personalities, interacting to form a great narrative. The character least detailed and most alien is... the blue alien (and member of the earth's overlords) being escorted around parts of a post-apocalyptic earth. Humor is also used sporadically, but effectively.

Before this I have only read short stories by Roger Zelazny, though the Chronicles of Amber sat on my shelf for many years. At the time, I think I was leery of diving into a 10 volume series. I read this as part of a 1960s reading challenge, and it was quite good for having come out 50 years ago.