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Lord of Light

Roger Zelazny

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#832 of 8,085 books · #131 in Fantasy

Won the Hugo Award for Best Novel (1968). Also shortlisted or longlisted for 1 other award.

Imagine a distant world where gods walk as men, but wield vast and hidden powers. Here they have made the stage on which they build a subtle pattern of alliance, love, and deadly enmity. Are they truly immortal? Who are these gods who rule the destiny of a teeming world? 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. Lord of Light won the Hugo Award for best novel in 1968.

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Publisher
Doubleday
ISBN-13
9781473234970
Topics
Gods and mythologyColonization of other planetsPower and rebellion

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