tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post8802095027804712953..comments2024-03-22T19:07:21.790+00:00Comments on The Wertzone: Wertzone Classics: Lord of Light by Roger ZelaznyAdam Whiteheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-87485483343027718072008-06-06T23:14:00.000+00:002008-06-06T23:14:00.000+00:00Sigh. And I didn't notice the mistake until after ...Sigh. And I didn't notice the mistake until after I'd reposted it to 5 different forums. Arse. All fixed now though :-)<BR/><BR/>That reminds me that I owe someone a review of Lyonesse. Promised it to them about a year ago and should really get on with it. I read it for the third time right before I started the blog as well, so it's reasonably still fresh in the mind.Adam Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-31727590639350033662008-06-06T21:32:00.000+00:002008-06-06T21:32:00.000+00:00I always find the scene near the very end with Yam...I always find the scene near the very end with Yama, the little girl who was Kali, and Kubera incredibly moving and it's one of my very favorite written passages period.doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808726205478989377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-19371212976498498512008-06-06T19:31:00.000+00:002008-06-06T19:31:00.000+00:00The mystery of how a futuristic, space-faring civi...<I>The mystery of how a futuristic, space-faring civilisation became a dramatic reenactment of Hindu mythology is never fully explained, but <B>Vance</B> gives us enough clues to work out ourselves how it happened.</I><BR/>Vance wrote Lord of Light? Learn something new everyday XD<BR/><BR/>The mix of poetic, mythic and epic with a fresh, modern often irreverent tone is one of Zelazny's stone mark. It just works. He's also an awesome storytellers in a way only Neil Gaiman or, yes, Vance, equals.<BR/>In Lord of Light there are those images that you can't forget, the assassin that was the true buddha, playing dice games with Rakshasa, the chariots of the god, Yama the God of Death who was old before he was young, and the little girl who was once Kali... Very powerful images.<BR/><BR/>I miss the days of writers like Zelazny who didn't care if a work was fantasy or SF as long as it made a cool story.<BR/><BR/>I wish it wasn't dated. But it is. Mostly by its sexism. (I always wince when Sam guesses who the new Brahma is by his ubermasculanity, with the unvoiced assomption that of course a woman would want to be a man, and an ubermasculine one at that, and still fall short, yikes)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com