Reddit reviews Lord of Light
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Reddit reviews Lord of LightWe found 12 Reddit comments about Lord of Light. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
This is essentially the scenario that takes place in one of my favorite sci-fi novels ever, Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny. Would definitely recommend people check it out, it's considered a classic.
Here's the synopsis from Amazon:
"The gods are a starship crew who subdued a colony world; developed godlike--though often machine-enhanced--powers during successive lifetimes of mind transfer to new, cloned bodies; and now lord it over descendants of the ship's mere passengers. Their tyranny is opposed by retired god Sam, who mocks the Celestial City, introduces Buddhism to subvert Hindu dogma, allies himself with the planet's native "demons" against Heaven, fights pyrotechnic battles with bizarre troops and weapons, plays dirty with politics and poison, and dies horribly but won't stay dead. It's a huge, lumbering, magical story, told largely in flashback, full of wonderfully ornate language (and one unforgivable pun) that builds up the luminous myth of trickster Sam, Lord of Light. Essential SF reading."
Lord of Light is often referred to as "fantasy guised as scifi". Its also incredible. http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Light-Roger-Zelazny/dp/0060567236
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
A fun mix of far-future SF with what I can only call Buddhist fantasy. Set on a world where technology has been implemented that makes real Hindu philosophy, where surveillance, mind-uploading, and biotechnology mean that everyone is reincarnated after death to a body due from the Karma of their past life, where the rich take the on the identities of Hindu gods, one man has been reincarnated from the past to wage war on the status quo and build a utopian, Buddhist society.
Winner of the Hugo award for best Novel in 1968.
Threads like these make me thankful that I started using goodreads to keep track of my books.
My top 5 most recent 5 star SF books (not including Fantasy) are:
It seems I'm quite liberal with my 5 star ratings (or maybe I've just been lucky over the last 8 months) but I believe each one of the books deserved it.
Lord of Light
Has an epic poem quality to it.
I'm gonna stretch the rules and include some comics on this list:
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny is an excellent example of sci-fi+religion.
Damn, just one?!? I don't think I can cut it down to less than three, and even that list would change year by year.
The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
Orphans of Chaos, John C. Wright
(And sorry for the Amazon links, I really freakin' hate Amazon but don't know of a better/more convenient link to offer people.)(Um, if anyone has a better kind of link to provide, I'd love to hear it, thanks.)
The Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
From the review: "Lord of Light stands with Joe Haldeman’s The Forever War and Frank Herbert’s Dune as one of the seminal novels that changed the way readers looked at science fiction."
I'd highly recommend Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
It's one of the greatest works of science fiction in my opinion. Other great ones to read are Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke (the end left me completely amazed) and The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
You might want to check out Roger Zelazny's Lord of Light.
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny