num_pages: 320
description: Imagine a distant world where gods, including Kali, Brahma, Krishna and Buddha, walk as men, but wield vast and hidden powers. Here they have made the stage on which they build a subtle pattern of alliance, love, and enmity. Are they truly immortal? Who are these gods who rule the destiny of a teeming world?Their names include Brahma, Kali, Krishna and also he who was called Buddha, the Lord of Light, but who now prefers to be known simply as Sam. The gradual unfolding of the story -- how the colonization of another planet became a re-enactment of Eastern mythology -- is one of the great imaginative feats of modern science fiction.
language: English
title: Lord of Light
titlecomplete: Lord of Light
characters: Mahasamatman, Yama, Ratri
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Religion, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Novels, Hugo Awards, Mythology, Fantasy
ratings_count: 32335
awards: awardedAt: -63129600000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: -94665600000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Gollancz