Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny : Lord of Light

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"Long after the death of Earth, on a planet settled by human colonists. There, the original settlers have re-created the ancient Hindu pantheon, bestowing upon themselves - by means of mutation and the technology which they deny all others on the planet - godlike pwers and godlike immortality.

"Each with his or her own aspect and attributes, the gods rule: Brahma, the Creator; Shiva, Lord of Chaos; Kali, Goddess of Destruction; Yama, Lord of Death; Krishna, Lord of Lust, and all others constructed from the memories of ancient Earth and its theologies.

"Only one opposes them, one of the few how rejected the perquisites of godhood, believeing that the ordinary mortals should be freed fom the tyranny of their self appointed deities. He has many names - Mahasamatman, Siddhartha, Binder of Demons, the Enlightened One, Buddha - but he prefers to be called Sam." - Lord of Light's dust cover.

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