LORD OF LIGHT
de Zelazny, Roger
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Mild rubbing to corners and spine ends, lower corners gently bumped, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket, corners an
- Librería
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1967. First edition. Mild rubbing to corners and spine ends, lower corners gently bumped, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket, corners and spine ends have light rubbing, several small rub spots to front panel, some mild soiling and spotting to edges of rear panel. (8940). Octavo, cloth. Hugo award winner 1968, Nebula nominee, 1967. "...his most sustained single tale, richly conceived and plotted, exhilarating throughout its considerable length. Some of the crew of a human colony ship, which has deposited its settlers on a livable world, have made use of advanced Technology (including Identity Transfer) to ensconce themselves in the role of gods, selecting their role models from the Hindu pantheon, including a fatally attractive She figure. But where Hinduism flourishes, the Buddha - in the shape of the protagonist Sam - must follow; and his liberation of the humans of the planet, who are mortal descendants of the original settlers, takes on aspects of both Prometheus and Coyote the Trickster. At points, Sam may seem just another of Zelazny's stable of slangy, raunchy, over-loved immortals; but the end effect of the book is liberating, wise, lucid." - Clute (ed.), SFE online. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-517. Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 162. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1251-56.
Sinopsis
Lord of Light (1967) is an epic science fiction/fantasy novel by American author Roger Zelazny. It was awarded the 1968 Hugo Award for Best Novel, and nominated for a Nebula Award in the same category. Two chapters from the novel were published as novelettes in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1967. The context of the novel – modern western characters in a Hindu-Buddhist myth-infused world – is reflected in the book's opening lines:
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Detalles
- Librería
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 8940
- Título
- LORD OF LIGHT
- Autor
- Zelazny, Roger
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Mild rubbing to corners and spine ends, lower corners gently bumped, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket, corners an
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Lugar de publicación
- Garden City, New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1967
- Palabras clave
- SF . SF Award
Términos de venta
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
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