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Lord of Light

By Roger Zelazny

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| Paperback | 9781857988208

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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.

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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.

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  • The Best Reviews: Roger Zelazny, Lord of Light

    "Deep science fiction" Humanity defeats the native "energy" beings that populated the orb and establishes a colony on the planet with a Hindu like societal order. Using advanced technology, the crew of the ship transfers their minds into a new body w ... (read full critics)

    thebestreviews published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

  • Lord of Light

    One of the distressing aspects of the current publishing industry is the reduction in publishers' back-lists. It seems harder, these days, to find even the classic SF novels of the past on bookshelves (to say nothing of the solid mid-list novels). Fo ... (read full critics)

    sfsite published on Fri, 3 Sep 2010

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    This is the single greatest science fiction novel ever written. Forget Dune. This is what you need to be reading right now.

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    Mister Shine said on May 28, 2010 | Add your feedback

  • The best Zelazny's novels.
    Pretending Hindi Gods, a (im)probable Buddha, and a fight to get human race free to evolve.
    A perfect new wave, sci-fi novel.
    The first Zelazny's novel I've ever read and the best one.

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    Emma said on Jul 23, 2008 | Add your feedback

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