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Lord of Light is a classic tale of the far future from the incomparable Roger Zelazny. Winner of the Hugo Award--one of six Zelazny received over the course of his legendary career, as well as three Nebula Awards and numerous other honors-- Lord of Light stands with Joe Haldeman's The Forever War and Frank Herbert's Dune as one of the seminal ...
- Roger Zelazny
Zelazny doesn't seem to be mentioned very often in "best writing" threads, and for the Amber books I would agree: the writing is above average, occasionally brilliant, but not too remarkable overall. Lord of Light, though, I would consider not just great, but on par, even, with highlights like Vance's Tales of the Dying Earth or Wolfe's Book of ...
Jan 5, 2001 · Lord of Light is a science fiction novel written by Roger Zelazny. Reading classics, isn't exactly what I would call a duty, but one should remember to pick up a classic once in a while and see why it became a classic. Some of them are actually quite good! I don't think that I've ever read any Zelazny before, but his 1967 classic Lord Of Light ...
― Roger Zelazny, Lord of Light. tags: human-nature. 12 likes. Like “Then every man would be as a god, you see. The result of this, of course, would be that there ...
Mar 29, 2010 · ISBN: 9780575094215. Number of pages: 304. Weight: 270 g. Dimensions: 198 x 182 x 24 mm. MEDIA REVIEWS. One of the five best SF novels ever written. - George R.R Martin.Zelazny's most sustained tale, richly conceived and plotted, exhilarating throughout. - John Clute, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.An authentic and rare work of the SF ...
Their names include Brahma, Kali, Krishna and also he who was called Buddha, the Lord of Light, but who now prefers to be known simply as Sam. The gradual unfolding of the story -- how the colonization of another planet became a re-enactment of Eastern mythology -- is one of the great imaginative feats of modern science fiction.
Such is Roger Zelazny's Lord of Light! This novel is a masterpiece of masterpieces; it has survived 43 years of printings simply because of the massive Jungian archetypical truths it evokes in us all -- and engenders in each of us as a herald, a new vision of life and living.
- Roger Zelazny
