Lord of Light

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......more

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......more

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 t......more

30Apr2014(ebook): I'm reading this with Sci-fi & Heroic Fantasy group [URL not allowed] & 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 en......more

Moja prva procitana knjiga Rogera Zelaznog! Odmah nakon nje sam otisao do lika koji je imao na prodaju kompletne Hronike Ambera. Za par dana sam ih procitao :) Necu spojlovati, samo cu reci KAKAV STIL PISANJA, KAKVI LIKOVI, KAKAV ZAPLET i ponovo KAKAV STIL PISANJA! Jedna od najvaznijih knjiga u zanru......more