Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny : My Review

We all live in the worlds we create, though for the most part we share them and call it reality. Roger Zelazny has mastered the art of making these worlds, as real as the one we live in, and displayed it well in Lord of Light. From Channa with the Hellwell to Milehigh Spire in Heavan and simple Kaipur by the sea. Each and every description, each detail and nuance of history, is crafted carefully interlocking into a vision believable as the one we all experience on a daily basis called the World.

Zelazny's characters are well planned and distinct, though most of them share a few common traits, such as independence of mind, intelligence, and pride. Few can dare match Yama in his sarcasm and wit however, and none can defeat his mastery of the blade or his cold intellect which destroys and creates with mechanical precision. Similarly Sam is incompairable to any other, wishing not to be a God, but to end their rule and restore to the common man freedom to live and do as they wish. He is of the first, and the greatest, for he has been a warrior and a wise man, taking up roles as men put on clothes. His plans are deep and subtle, Machavellian in their nature nearly.

The story captures Sam's struggles against the gods, across the whole of a centuary, through multiple incarnations, to end their rule and rebirth a higher civilization. In its plot thre are no real contradictions, each fact adding up to the greater whole, spectacular in its beauty. Each character fitting in place with the others too form the perfect picture, Zelazny indeed has created a masterpeice in this book, each reading revealing more of it than the one before it. I would recomend this book to anyone with a keen intellect, or a love of fantasy and science fiction.

Author: Sage
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