Comments on: Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny https://www.isegoria.net/2012/05/lord-of-light-by-roger-zelazny/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:05:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Buckethead https://www.isegoria.net/2012/05/lord-of-light-by-roger-zelazny/comment-page-1/#comment-505193 Buckethead Fri, 18 May 2012 12:33:22 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=28883#comment-505193 Lord of Light is probably my second favorite Zelazny book after Doorways in the Sand. Both would make fantastic movies. If done right, of course.

]]> By: Sconzey https://www.isegoria.net/2012/05/lord-of-light-by-roger-zelazny/comment-page-1/#comment-504700 Sconzey Thu, 17 May 2012 19:46:32 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=28883#comment-504700 Incidentally, it’s a really, really good book.

And my understanding was that it was the officers and engineers on the colony ship who chose to deny Earth’s advanced technology to the colonists — particularly the technology to move human consciousness between bodies, actual re-incarnation. Whilst those same officers using this technology live thousands of years, a civilisation grows up on the colonised planet, which the officers keep artificially pre-Industrial.

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