flashy_dragon reviewed Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
Not my taste
2 stars
I stopped reading because I don't find Sam interesting as a character, nor do I find much interest in sorta-religious and political machinations.
296 pages
English language
Published Nov. 19, 2004 by EOS.
A colony of humankind is subjugated by the First Colonists, the crew of the starship that brought them to their new home 1000 years before. They have taken control of ancient technologies and enhanced themselves with godlike psychic powers and virtual immortality. Adopting the panoply of the venerable Hindu religion, they live lives as its Gods, surrounded by advanced technology within the trappings of a primitive civilization.
Our hero Sam, unready to battle the tyrannical forces of the Celestial City allied with his former wife, now the rapturous Kali, Goddess of Destruction. A story of the classic drama of power, love, honor, pride, and fantasy erupting in an epic war of the Gods and ultimate transcendence.
I stopped reading because I don't find Sam interesting as a character, nor do I find much interest in sorta-religious and political machinations.