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Author | Roger Zelazny |
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Cover artist | Howard Bernstein |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fantasy |
Published | 1967 Doubleday |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 257 |
OCLC | 6446183 |
Lord of Light (1967) is a science fantasy novel by American author Roger Zelazny. It was awarded the 1968 Hugo Award for Best Novel,[1] and nominated for a Nebula Award in the same category.[2] Two chapters from the novel were published as novelettes in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction – "Dawn" in April 1967, and "Death and the Executioner" in June 1967.
Zelazny noted that Lord of Light was written so that it could be taken as a science fiction or a fantasy novel. The context of the novel is modern western characters in a Hindu-Buddhist-influenced world.