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Preview — Gospodar svjetlosti by Roger Zelazny
Nakon kolonizacije planeta novi su stanovnici na njemu izgradili društvo utemeljeno na visokoj tehnologiji te nekoj inačici hinduističke religije. Najraniji doseljenici, poznati kao Prvi, posjedovali su dodatne nadnaravne moći, što im je priskrbilo status bogova. Međutim, vodeća je frakcija tu svoju superiornost ubrzo počela zlorabiti, ponajprije protiv svojih političkih p...more
Published March 2004 by Izvori (first published 1967)
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Joshua DNope. Not any more than you'd need to be familiar with Norse mythology enjoy Thor comics. At most, someone familiar with the myths might get a kick…moreNope. Not any more than you'd need to be familiar with Norse mythology enjoy Thor comics. At most, someone familiar with the myths might get a kick out of seeing familiar names and concepts, but that's about it. I disagree with the other commentators that knowing much about the subject will harm the book. The books isn't meant to be a retelling of the myths.(less)
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Mar 24, 2012Nandakishore Varma rated it it was ok · review of another edition
Prince Siddhartha attained enlightenment at the foot of the Bodhi tree and became the Buddha: his teachings swept across India, striking at the roots of decadent Brahmanism. The Hindu priests were understandably alarmed, but were helpless against the doctrine of the eightfold path as the stale air inside a room against the tempest raging outside. So they did the clever thing: after the Buddha's passing, they assimilated him and made him an avatar of Vishnu (in fact, they licked him by joining hi...more
Feb 13, 2013Evgeny rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
People left the dying Earth and found a habitable planet. Thanks to their advanced technology they conquered or subdued local life forms and established themselves as dominant race. The highly advanced technology allowed some of them literally play gods using Hindu mythology as the basis. We all know the power corrupts, so the whole system became very corrupted very fast. Enter a guy who decided to change the way things work. His name is Mahasamatman, or Sam for short - this is how he prefers to...more
Feb 08, 2012Lois Bujold rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Recommended to Lois by: John Ayotte, in 1968
I first read this book back in the late 60s, when it was brand new and nothing like it had appeared in SF before. I found it brilliant and mysterious, the latter in part because back in my teens I knew so little about the Hindu and Buddhist religions and myths Zelazny was spinning off. I am at least somewhat less ignorant nowadays, if not hugely so.
I still think the book is brilliant, but not nearly so mysterious. It's a bit like looking at faded pictures of your parents, and realizing you are n...more
Shelves: favorites, 2fiction, scifi, 1paper, 1ebook
30Apr2014(ebook): I'm reading this with Sci-fi & Heroic Fantasy group
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& I like it better each time I read it. It makes far more sense after the first read, like so many of Zelazny's books, so I can concentrate more on the variety of flavors. Even knowing the ending doesn't hurt. Super ending, too.
Several have mentioned that the story is confusing. If it's your first time reading it, be aware that he intended to publish it as a serial & wrote it...more
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& I like it better each time I read it. It makes far more sense after the first read, like so many of Zelazny's books, so I can concentrate more on the variety of flavors. Even knowing the ending doesn't hurt. Super ending, too.
Several have mentioned that the story is confusing. If it's your first time reading it, be aware that he intended to publish it as a serial & wrote it...more
Dec 29, 2008Dan Schwent rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
I don't even know where to start on this one. Roger Zelazny solidified his position on my favorite authors list with Lord of Light. It's the best writing of his that I've come across so far.
The Plot: Long story short, immortals from Earth set up shop on another world and assumed the guise of Hindu gods. Sam, aka Buddha, Siddhartha, Kalkin, etc., opposes them in each of his lifetimes, reviving Buddhism as a tool in his quest. The final confrontation doesn't disappoint.
As other reviewers have sai...more
The Plot: Long story short, immortals from Earth set up shop on another world and assumed the guise of Hindu gods. Sam, aka Buddha, Siddhartha, Kalkin, etc., opposes them in each of his lifetimes, reviving Buddhism as a tool in his quest. The final confrontation doesn't disappoint.
As other reviewers have sai...more
Sep 25, 2018Manuel Antão rated it really liked it · review of another edition
If you're into stuff like this, you can read the full review.
The Special Art of SF: “Lord of Light” by Roger Zelazny
“Lord of Light” takes place maybe 100 or 200 years after the landing of humans on the planet where it takes place. A bottle of wine brought from Earth is still drinkable (though to be sure a precious relic); there is one survivor-in-the-flesh of the native entities who resisted human incursion. Also, the godhood of the 'crew' arose informally - the 'passengers' saw them wielding su...more
The Special Art of SF: “Lord of Light” by Roger Zelazny
“Lord of Light” takes place maybe 100 or 200 years after the landing of humans on the planet where it takes place. A bottle of wine brought from Earth is still drinkable (though to be sure a precious relic); there is one survivor-in-the-flesh of the native entities who resisted human incursion. Also, the godhood of the 'crew' arose informally - the 'passengers' saw them wielding su...more
May 14, 2018Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ marked it as dnf · review of another edition
This DNF is from way back in the day when I was in high school or college (you know, when dinosaurs stalked the earth). I tried to read my dad's paperback copy of this book and crashed and burned. It was complicated and wordy and I just couldn't engage with it ... so it bored me. I need to give it another shot sometime now that I'm older and smarter, or at least more well-read. :)
Dec 20, 2008Manny rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: linguistics-and-philosophy, science-fiction, too-sexy-for-maiden-aunts
How Lord of Light Didn't Get Written
[Rainy, black-and-white movie evening. A 30s style cab pulls up next to a seedy entrance, where a hulking DOORMAN is on guard. A FIGURE wearing a trenchcoat and a battered fedora emerges from the cab and hands the driver a bill.]
FIGURE: [Bogart-style growl] Keep the change, kid. Don't blow it all at once.
[His trenchcoat falls open. Underneath he is dressed like THE LORD BUDDHA. Reaction shot of the wide-eyed DRIVER]
DRIVER: You're the Mahasamat-
FIGURE: Call me...more
Nov 07, 2009Stephen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
[Rainy, black-and-white movie evening. A 30s style cab pulls up next to a seedy entrance, where a hulking DOORMAN is on guard. A FIGURE wearing a trenchcoat and a battered fedora emerges from the cab and hands the driver a bill.]
FIGURE: [Bogart-style growl] Keep the change, kid. Don't blow it all at once.
[His trenchcoat falls open. Underneath he is dressed like THE LORD BUDDHA. Reaction shot of the wide-eyed DRIVER]
DRIVER: You're the Mahasamat-
FIGURE: Call me...more
Shelves: award-nominee-hugo, sf-alien-planets-and-societies, award-winner-hugo, multiple-award-nominee, 6-star-books, all-time-favorites, mind-blowing, mythstories-and-legends, lost-humanity, award-nominee-nebula
6.0 stars. On my list of 'All Time' favorites. An absolutely brilliant novel by one of the masters of science fiction. This book is as good as SF gets and ranks up their with Dune and Ender's Game among the best ever. Unlike those other two books, I do believe that this book is MUCH, MUCH better the second time around. The reason for this is that the story jumps around and the background for the story is reavealed slowly so can be a bit confusing at the outset. Therefore, my advice would be to r...more
Jan 13, 2009Jokoloyo rated it liked it · review of another edition
In my opinion, Lord of Light (LOL) called as science fiction because the author set the setting as far future, and using technology as the magic system. But the story itself mainly influenced by Indian mythology. But it was not a retelling of Indian myths. The author had done the researched well, based on my very-limited knowledge of Indian myth. The author mixed the myths with his own story. OK, in much harsher words: the author was using Indian mythology for the story. So please don't use LOL...more
Jun 12, 2011Jan-Maat added it · review of another edition
Shelves: usa, science-fiction, novel, 20th-century
There are several elements to this 1967 science-fiction novel.
One is Buddhism and Hinduism, about both of which I know little, but notice some influence. The order of the chapters, with the first chapter dealing with events that occur much later in the narrative than the following couple of chapters, means that the story is structured as a wheel. In the end is the beginning. There could be a continual cycle of death and rebirth in this world with individuals moving through lives and patterns of...more
One is Buddhism and Hinduism, about both of which I know little, but notice some influence. The order of the chapters, with the first chapter dealing with events that occur much later in the narrative than the following couple of chapters, means that the story is structured as a wheel. In the end is the beginning. There could be a continual cycle of death and rebirth in this world with individuals moving through lives and patterns of...more
Apr 27, 2010Alazzar rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
[Originally read July 30, 2010-August 8, 2010]
I've long been a fan of Zelazny's Amber series, and in the past, I've heard that he once penned a story that could be even better: Lord of Light. I just finished Lord of Light, and I have to say: I still give the title of 'Best Zelazny Story' to the Amber series. But it was a damn close race.
I'm not normally a science-fiction type of guy (fantasy and horror are more to my liking), so I was a little worried going into this book. Even though Zelazny is...more
Aug 12, 2009colleen the convivial curmudgeon rated it it was ok · review of another edition
I've long been a fan of Zelazny's Amber series, and in the past, I've heard that he once penned a story that could be even better: Lord of Light. I just finished Lord of Light, and I have to say: I still give the title of 'Best Zelazny Story' to the Amber series. But it was a damn close race.
I'm not normally a science-fiction type of guy (fantasy and horror are more to my liking), so I was a little worried going into this book. Even though Zelazny is...more
Shelves: library-read, fantasy, group-read, sci-fi
2.5
I had a bit of a hard time following what was going on, at times, with this book. Not because of the so-called non-linear* nature of the story, but mostly just because there were a lot of characters, several of whom at multiple names, and some of which kept changing into other characters.
Also, the general writing style made it hard for me to visualize what was going on in the action sequences sometimes. And there were long bits of dialogue where after the first two lines it doesn't say who's...more
I had a bit of a hard time following what was going on, at times, with this book. Not because of the so-called non-linear* nature of the story, but mostly just because there were a lot of characters, several of whom at multiple names, and some of which kept changing into other characters.
Also, the general writing style made it hard for me to visualize what was going on in the action sequences sometimes. And there were long bits of dialogue where after the first two lines it doesn't say who's...more
Dec 13, 2014Ryan rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
The Good:
So amazing! Great characters, great setting, great ideas, epic scope, and so well written. This is a science fiction story presented like mythology and it works. Did I mention it's funny too?
The Bad:
The only thing really wrong with this is that the story races ahead of the reader, daring you to try and keep up. It's not often that I think a book should be longer, but in the case of this one it needed more exposition.
'Friends' character the protagonist is most like:
Sam is cynical, driven...more
Jun 29, 2013sologdin rated it it was ok · review of another edition
So amazing! Great characters, great setting, great ideas, epic scope, and so well written. This is a science fiction story presented like mythology and it works. Did I mention it's funny too?
The Bad:
The only thing really wrong with this is that the story races ahead of the reader, daring you to try and keep up. It's not often that I think a book should be longer, but in the case of this one it needed more exposition.
'Friends' character the protagonist is most like:
Sam is cynical, driven...more
Shelves: douchebag-leaves-earth, burns-like-cold-iron, blew-it-up-you-maniacs, ruling-class-protagonist
Nutshell: douchebags leave earth, acquire technological immortality, and then, completely reasonably and necessarily, re-enact Hindu mythology.
This concludes my reading of Zelazny, and confirms the general pattern of prior books: chaotic presentation, no discipline, immortal protagonists, silly resolutions. This one tries to do something with Hindu mythology and buddhist theology, much like Creatures of Light and Darkness messed with Egypt and This Immortal flirted with Greece.
Opening section h...more
This concludes my reading of Zelazny, and confirms the general pattern of prior books: chaotic presentation, no discipline, immortal protagonists, silly resolutions. This one tries to do something with Hindu mythology and buddhist theology, much like Creatures of Light and Darkness messed with Egypt and This Immortal flirted with Greece.
Opening section h...more
Jun 08, 2011Algernon (Darth Anyan) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
this one is le-gen-waitforit-dary, as in the stuff that myths are made of. It could be considered as a memory of our distant past or a glimpse of our future - a multigenerational spaceship that arrives on prehistoric Earth and lays the seeds of civilization as we know it, or the same multigenerational ship that is sent from Earth to colonize the distant stars. I have read some of these ideas in Erich von Daniken slightly provocative speculations from the 70's, but Zelazny does a much better job...more
Apr 19, 2012Eric rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Recommends it for: Fans of profound sci-fi/fantasy
Shelves: classic, book-club, science-fiction, fantasy
The front cover of this book labels Lord of Light 'The Legendary SF Classic,' and the blurb on the back cover begins:
Oct 29, 2007Felicity rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Earth is long since dead. On a colony planet, a band of men has gained control of technology...From these two data points, I was sure I was about to read a straight-forward sci-fi adventure, possibly in the vein of Robert A. Heinlein or Ray Bradbury. What I should have paid more attention to was the gigantic fucking Buddha statue on the front cover, and the conclusion of the bac...more
Shelves: fantasy, fiction, grad-school, borrowed-book, novel, science-speculative-fiction
Zelazny drops you right into the middle of this story, but if you refuse to be intimidated by the unknown names and tech/magic confusion, you'll be richly repaid. The book's nested layers of reality, paradigm and belief are challenging and beautifully baroque. It's intelligent, wildly imaginative, and daring. I already loved Zelazny, but now I love him even more.
Jul 13, 2011Viv JM rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Shelves: author-male, science-fiction, favourites
Oh wow! I'm not sure I can put into words how much I loved this book. Elements of myth, humour and science fiction combine to make this a truly original novel. Zelazny's use of language is sublimely poetic, and the twists and turns the story takes are breathtaking. Just amazing.
Dec 27, 2010John Wiswell rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
No one I know of is writing like this today, and no book in recent memory has inspired so much envy in me. It has novelty and nuance from its first to its final paragraphs. For an hour after going to the porch to finish it, people saw my expressions and asked me what was wrong, because I was so preoccupied with what I’d just read. Lord of Light, published in 1967, is ahead of the Science Fiction of this time in 2012.
If you missed it, Lord of Light is about a space colony in which those possessi...more
Apr 28, 2018Allison Hurd rated it really liked it · review of another edition
If you missed it, Lord of Light is about a space colony in which those possessi...more
Shelves: sff-2018-challenge, sff-bookshelf, man-author, scifi
Not at all what I expected! I think I sort of expected a 'Moon Is A Harsh Mistress' clone but espousing Hinduism instead of Rational Anarchy. While I probably would have liked that also, this was really a very inventive myth retelling and I loved it for that.
CONTENT WARNING: (no actual spoilers, just a list of topics) (view spoiler)[Transphobic comments/deadnaming, death of loved one, sexual assault (mild) (hide spoiler)]
Things to love:
-The myth. Holy wow! I read a lot of myths and I adore them....more
CONTENT WARNING: (no actual spoilers, just a list of topics) (view spoiler)[Transphobic comments/deadnaming, death of loved one, sexual assault (mild) (hide spoiler)]
Things to love:
-The myth. Holy wow! I read a lot of myths and I adore them....more
Apr 23, 2019Ivana Books Are Magic rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
From what I read about Roger Zelazny, he liked his mythology. From what I read from Roger Zelazny, he had not only an excellent understanding of mythology but an almost magical power to effortlessly weave it into a story. This was reflected in almost all of his writing, where Zelazny not only tapped into various mythologies, but breathed immense life and force into them. Zelazny created wonderful mythological worlds of his own fulled by the brilliant of his imagination.
Lord of Light, a novel he...more
Oct 02, 2017Jim rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Lord of Light, a novel he...more
Shelves: 3classics, favorites, 1paper, scifi, fantasy
I'm reading this with Sci-fi & Heroic Fantasy Group, although I know the book well enough that I probably don't need to. My current paper/lunch time read is a nonfiction book, The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011. It's good, but I need something lighter & different. This is certainly different. Body changers pretending to be Hindu gods in a far future on a different planet complete with demons & politics.
It's definitely science fiction, but the tone of the story is fanta...more
It's definitely science fiction, but the tone of the story is fanta...more
Sep 10, 2014Michael rated it really liked it · review of another edition
An amazing story of one man's fight against the oppression of and entire planet by a small group of people who have set themselves up as gods. Based on the Hindu patheon, the story focuses on Sam, one of the original settlers of the planet, who has lived for centuries through advanced technology, skill and cunning.
Mar 19, 2018Kora rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Feb 06, 2018Aerin rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Shelves: favorites, science-fiction, classic, atheism-and-religion
(Original review date: 17 March 2009)
On page one of Lord of Light, Zelazny drops the reader smack into the middle of an epic and eternal struggle, taking place on a distant planet in the distant future. It's an incredibly disorienting way to enter a story, especially one as bizarre and complicated as this one is. The structure of the novel is no help, either - it's divided into seven long and loosely-connected chapters, presented out of chronological order with no way for the reader to know, at...more
On page one of Lord of Light, Zelazny drops the reader smack into the middle of an epic and eternal struggle, taking place on a distant planet in the distant future. It's an incredibly disorienting way to enter a story, especially one as bizarre and complicated as this one is. The structure of the novel is no help, either - it's divided into seven long and loosely-connected chapters, presented out of chronological order with no way for the reader to know, at...more
Aug 16, 2018Gretchen Rubin rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
I'm a big fan of science fiction/fantasy, so I'd heard about this book over the years -- and finally picked it up. It's a very unusual, compelling story. Be warned, it takes a few chapters to get situated into the universe, to understand what's going on, so give yourself some time to concentrate and read without interruption. Once the world and the conflict is established, it's FASCINATING. I will definitely re-read it, because it's the kind of book that I find more enjoyable the second time, be...more
Apr 13, 2018YouKneeK rated it it was ok · review of another edition
Clearly a lot of people love this book. The average rating on both LibraryThing and Goodreads is 4.1, and it has over 23,000 ratings on Goodreads. I, on the other hand, was not a fan. I didn’t hate it, I just mostly felt apathetic about it.
This story takes place on an alien planet in the far future, where technology has enabled certain men and women to set themselves up as gods. They’ve chosen to mimic the Hindu gods in particular, probably because there are so many to choose from. These gods a...more
This story takes place on an alien planet in the far future, where technology has enabled certain men and women to set themselves up as gods. They’ve chosen to mimic the Hindu gods in particular, probably because there are so many to choose from. These gods a...more
May 18, 2016Charles rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
When I look at the date this was published, 1967, fifty years ago, I marvel at how Zelazny was able to put this theme together and pull it off.
Aug 20, 2018S James Bysouth rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Fantastic.
Whoa. Zelazny is impressing me. This is the second zelazny I’ve read and both have thrilled.
One thing is for sure: he went for a style, and he nailed it. Perhaps it can be described as hindu-flavoured sci fi, served in the vocabulary of epic fantasy. Part of the fun is figuring out what’s actually happening; while the narrator talks of magic, obscure futuristic technology is doing the heavy lifting.
Our characters are impressively multidimensional, intriguing, and clever, brutal, powe...more
Whoa. Zelazny is impressing me. This is the second zelazny I’ve read and both have thrilled.
One thing is for sure: he went for a style, and he nailed it. Perhaps it can be described as hindu-flavoured sci fi, served in the vocabulary of epic fantasy. Part of the fun is figuring out what’s actually happening; while the narrator talks of magic, obscure futuristic technology is doing the heavy lifting.
Our characters are impressively multidimensional, intriguing, and clever, brutal, powe...more
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Roger Zelazny made his name with a group of novellas which demonstrated just how intense an emotional charge could be generated by the stock imagery of sf; the most famous of these is A Rose for Ecclesiastes in which a poet struggles to convince dying and sterile Martians that life is worth continuing. Zelazny continued to write excellent short stories throughout his career. Most of his novels dea...more
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