A masterfully told tale, with flashbacks used to bring the reader forward, and a plot that increases my admiration for the trickster hero with every twist. This has to be one of Roger Zelazny's finest works. He wishes to bring down Heaven and his rebellion drives a rift through the pantheon. Sam, the Binder Of Demons, is against the status quo. 'Lord of Light was intentionally written so that it could be taken as a science fiction or a fantasy novel. This book is set in a colony established on a hostile planet by refugees of the Planet Earth, or 'Urath. Publication date 2004 Topics Cultural Literacy and Humanities, Reading Level-Adult Publisher EOS Collection inlibrary printdisabled internetarchivebooks china Digitizing sponsor Internet Archive Contributor Internet Archive Language English. The gods are content, until one of their own rebels. The winner of the 1968 Hugo Award for Best Novel, this book was originally published two separate novelettes in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction before the full manuscript was published by Doubleday, an American publishing company. Technology is restricted by the gods at a medieval level and any further progress is ruthlessly crushed. A big part of the book is putting technology back. I think it spoke to him on a number of levels. Their use of 'reincarnation' technology has rendered them immortal, and they rule over a world populated by descendants of their countless previous bodies. 'Zelaznys Lord of Light was a huge book that came out in 1967.

They use their advanced technology to gain godlike abilities and defeat the natives - beings of pure energy.Ī caste system based on the ancient Hindu religion is established and the original crewmembers take on the identity of hindu gods. The surviviors of vanished 'Urath' (Earth) reach a distant planet in a spaceship named Star Of India. This is one of my favourite science fiction novels.

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