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grayjay 's review for:
Lord of Light
by Roger Zelazny
Siddhartha returns to find the gods of the Hindu pantheon ruling humankind using advanced technology to circumvent the birth-rebirth cycle to their own benefit, or so it seems. Once I understood what was going on, I liked the twist Zelazny used to wrap this entire novel around, but until (and, honestly, after) that point, it is extremely tedious.
I understand this novel as part of of the New Wave sci-fi movement of the 60s, where authors were first starting to bring religion, philosophy, and critical theory into the genre, but I wonder how this would go over now? Not only is the prose difficult to adjust to, with a payoff coming very late in the book, but what do we think of a white American co-opting the figures of a living Eastern religion? Is it appropriative? Probably.
I understand this novel as part of of the New Wave sci-fi movement of the 60s, where authors were first starting to bring religion, philosophy, and critical theory into the genre, but I wonder how this would go over now? Not only is the prose difficult to adjust to, with a payoff coming very late in the book, but what do we think of a white American co-opting the figures of a living Eastern religion? Is it appropriative? Probably.