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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780060567231
ISBN: 0060567236
Item Dimensions: 7780058536
Label: Eos
Manufacturer: Eos
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: May 01, 2004
Publisher: Eos
Release Date: May 11, 2004
Studio: Eos

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• ISBN13: 9780060567231
• Condition: New
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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com Review:
In the 1960s, Roger Zelazny dazzled the SF world with what seemed to be inexhaustible talent and inventiveness. Lord of Light, his third novel, is his finest book: a science fantasy in which the intricate, colorful mechanisms of Hindu religion, capricious gods, and repeated reincarnations are wittily underpinned by technology. "For six days he had offered many kilowatts of prayer, but the static kept him from being heard On High." The gods are a starship crew who subdued a colony world; developed godlike--though often machine-enhanced--powers during successive lifetimes of mind transfer to new, cloned bodies; and now lord it over descendants of the ship's mere passengers. Their tyranny is opposed by retired god Sam, who mocks the Celestial City, introduces Buddhism to subvert Hindu dogma, allies himself with the planet's native "demons" against Heaven, fights pyrotechnic battles with bizarre troops and weapons, plays dirty with politics and poison, and dies horribly but won't stay dead. It's a huge, lumbering, magical story, told largely in flashback, full of wonderfully ornate language (and one unforgivable pun) that builds up the luminous myth of trickster Sam, Lord of Light. Essential SF reading. --David Langford, Amazon.co.uk

Product Description:


Earth is long since dead. On a colony planet, a band of men has gained control of technology, made themselves immortal, and now rules their world as the gods of the Hindu pantheon. Only one dares oppose them: he who was once Siddhartha and is now Mahasamatman. Binder of Demons. Lord of Light.






Rating: - What a wonderful read!
Over the years, beginning in the late 60s I have read this book many times. It never fails to entertain me. I won't go into a critique of the work. Just read it yourself and make up your own mind. I've invited some friends to read the work and can judge their types of personalities from their comments. Try it yourself and see what you decide.

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Rating: - Very different
A good read. Believable world set in the future with a very different premise.

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Rating: - Zelazny's Citizen Kane
I've owned at least a half-dozen copies of "Lord of Light" since I first read it as a tenth-grader in '71. I lend them out and then I have to buy a new one when I want to read it again. The blending of science fiction and Hindu lore, stirred with Zelazny's imagery and sense of humor (not counting that pun) was a heady concoction for my young mind. I'm not going to waste your time describing the plot - you can read about it right underneath the prices - I'm just going to say it is a milestone in ... Read More

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Rating: - Great work from a wonderful author
Originally published in 1967, Lord of Light was one of the earliest and best loved novels by author Roger Zelazny. Based on a world long colonized by humans from "long lost Urath", the main theme of the book is the struggle between the denizens of Heaven, who have named themselves Brahma, Shiva, Krishna...etc. after the Hindu Pantheon, and the common man. While the struggle between man and his Gods is a well worn literary plot, here it is approached by a different angle. In Lord of Light, Heaven ... Read More

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Rating: - In the Realm of the Miraculous
Few times in our lifetime do we get a chance to experience the depth of a book's utter visionary perimeter; few times are we allowed to actually get a glimpse a living work of art which has altered the consciousness of an entire generation. Lord of Light, by Roger Zelazny, is such a work.

When I first read this book around 1969 -- an avowed SF fan of hundreds of authors -- I couldn't place why this novel had left me with such a void of expression and literal mouth gaping mezmerized astonishment. ... Read More

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