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Lord of Light by Zelazny, Roger is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Lord of Light about?

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 Sa

Who reads Lord of Light?

Author

Zelazny, Roger

Publisher

Harper Voyager

Published

1967

Language

EN

ISBN

9780739416884

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Science Fiction, Religion

Rating

4.1 / 5 (260 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14