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 ...
I’m torn about this book, it’s well written and the story is interesting however it was written in the 1960s and it shows. The book is full of sexist language, characters and just overall misogyny that it drove me crazy more often than not. For example, in one part of the book we are told about fo...
Zelazy's best novel, and that is saying a lot. On a colony world in the far future immortality is achieved through body replacement. The longterm survival of the mind has lead to the development of special powers. The rulers of the world have set themselves up as the gods of the Hindu pantheon wi...
I'd forgotten what a prose stylist Zelazny was. There's a cinematic quality to this novel, the way the characters move across the set he's created. The dialogue is highly stylized and takes a moment to get used to, but it works for the characters and this world of gods and technology that borders on...
Might give it another try sometime when I can read more straight through. I was too interrupted by stuff going on in my life and I would pick up the book and just have no idea who these people were or why they were doing whatever it was they were doing now. I kept having to skip back a chapter and...
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 Hin...
If you weave together elements of religion, science fiction and fantasy, what do you get? In the skillful hands of Zelazny, a profound and witty story.
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