Roger Zelanzny | Science Fiction

Lord Of Light by Roger Zelanzny

Name: Lord Of Light by Roger Zelanzny
Brand: Fehmerling Books
SKU: 6719099
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Lord Of Light by Roger Zelanzny

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Book Specifications

Format: Mass market paperback
Condition: Acceptable
Publisher: Avon (1969)
Length: 319 pages
Genre: Science Fiction
LCCN: 67-19099

Condition Note: Acceptable Reading Copy: Complete and fully readable text.

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A Rebel Crewman Weaponizes Forbidden Technology and Buddhist Philosophy to Topple False Gods

Centuries after the starship Star of India colonized a distant planet, the surviving original crew members rule over humanity as living gods. Using mind-probing electro-encephalographic recording, genetic mutation, and consciousness transference into cloned bodies, the ruling elite have established themselves as the deities of the Hindu pantheon—including Brahma, Kali, Shiva, and Yama. To preserve their monopoly on immortality and demand total obedience, Heaven enforces technological stagnation across mortal settlements and controls rebirth through rigged karmic evaluations.

Refusing to support the planetary hierarchy, original crewman Mahasamatman—known simply as Sam—champions the outlawed cause of Accelerationism to bring advanced machinery, sanitation, and weapons to the population. Reviving the mantle of Siddhartha Gautama to spread Buddhist philosophy as a counter-theology, Sam forms an uneasy alliance with indigenous energy beings called the Rakasha and mounts an ideological and military rebellion to tear down the City of Heaven.

Why You’ll Love This Book

Roger Zelazny delivers an inventive fusion of Eastern mythology, non-linear storytelling, and speculative space opera. A foundational 1968 Hugo Award winner for Best Novel, this classic is essential reading for fans of Frank Herbert’s Dune, Dan Simmons’s Hyperion, Samuel R. Delany, and Ursula K. Le Guin.

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