A masterfully told tale, with flashbacks used to bring the reader forward, and a plot that increases my admiration for the trickster hero with every twist. At opposite ends of the universe lie the House of Death, ruled by Anubis, and the House of Life, ruled by Osiris. It combines Egyptian Gods with standard Science Fiction themes to produce a truly unusual work. This has to be one of Roger Zelazny's finest works. Creatures of Light and Darkness is an interstellar Science Fantasy novel by Roger Zelazny. He wishes to bring down Heaven and his rebellion drives a rift through the pantheon. Sam, the Binder Of Demons, is against the status quo. The gods are content, until one of their own rebels. Technology is restricted by the gods at a medieval level and any further progress is ruthlessly crushed. Lord of Light is a lively novel with plenty of action duels, battles, confrontations, defiances, and repartee.

He won his first of six Hugo Awards for Lord of Light, and soon after produced the first book of his enormously popular Amber series, Nine Princes in Amber. He never claimed to be a god, but then he never claimed not to be a god. He starts a one-man crusade to bring down Heaven, a crusade that will lead him to the depths of Hellwell and to Nirvana and back. Roger Zelazny burst onto the SF scene in the early 1960s with a series of dazzling and groundbreaking short stories. He preferred to drop the Maha- and the -atman, however, and called himself Sam. Their use of 'reincarnation' technology has rendered them immortal, and they rule over a world populated by descendants of their countless previous bodies. His followers called him Mahasamatman and said he was a god. They use their advanced technology to gain godlike abilities and defeat the natives - beings of pure energy.Ī caste system based on the ancient Hindu religion is established and the original crewmembers take on the identity of hindu gods. The surviviors of vanished 'Urath' (Earth) reach a distant planet in a spaceship named Star Of India. This is one of my favourite science fiction novels.

Lord of light by roger zelazny