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Lord of Light (Book Club Edition)

By: Doubleday & Company

Type: Novel - Hardcover

Product Line: Science Fiction Novels (Doubleday)

Last Stocked on 1/28/2015

Product Info

Title
Lord of Light (Book Club Edition)
Category
Sub-category
Author
Roger Zelazny
Publish Year
1967
Pages
246
Dimensions
5.75x8.5x1"
NKG Part #
2147569066
Type
Novel - Hardcover

Description

"For six days he had offered many kilowatts of prayer, but the static kept him from being heard On High." The gods are a starship crew who subdued a colony world; developed godlike--tho often machine-enhanced--powers during successive lifetimes of mind transfer to new, cloned bodies; & 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 & weapons, plays dirty with politics & poison, & dies horribly but won't stay dead.