His followers called him Mahasamatman and said he was a god. He preferred to drop the Maha- and the -atman, however, and called himself Sam. He never claimed to be a god, but then he never claimed not to be a god. A holy war rages across the heavens and mankindβs fate hangs in the balance.
Lord of Light
β Scribed by Zelazny, Roger
- Book ID
- 100684103
- Year
- 1966
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 212 KB
- Series
- SF Masterworks 7
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
On a colony planet, men have established a society based on technological means of imitating the Hindu religion. It is possible to reincarnate the βmindβ or βsoulβ to a new body, even an animal. But some of the earliest colonists have additional powers, which give them the status of gods. And a faction among them is using that means in political ways: punishing their enemies with reincarnation as animals, or with the βtrue death.β
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His followers called him Mahasamatman and said he was a god. He preferred to drop the Maha- and the -atman, however, and called himself Sam. He never claimed to be a god, but then he never claimed not to be a god. A holy war rages across the heavens and mankindβs fate hangs in the balance.
### 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
On a colony planet, men have established a society based on technological means of imitating the Hindu religion. It is possible to reincarnate the βmindβ or βsoulβ to a new body, even an animal. But some of the earliest colonists have additional powers, which give them the status of gods. And a fact
His followers called him Mahasamatman and said he was a god. He preferred to drop the Maha- and the -atman, however, and called himself Sam. He never claimed to be a god, but then he never claimed not to be a god. A holy war rages across the heavens and mankinds fate hangs in the balance.