- Fiction, Hindu Gods, Hugo Award Winner, Space colonies
A colony of humankind is subjugated by the First Colonists, the crew of the starship that brought them to their new home 1000 years before. They have taken control of ancient technologies and enhanced themselves with godlike psychic powers and virtual immortality.
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- Author
- Roger Zelazny
- First published
- 1967
- Pages
- 280
- Publisher
- Ein Heyne Buch, Faber and Faber, Gollancz
- Editions
- 27
- Language
- English, Spanish, French, German
- ISBN
- 9782207301814
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“His followers called him Mahasamatman and said he was a god.”
Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American fantasy and science fiction writer known for his short stories and novels, best known for The Chronicles of Amber series. He won the Nebula Award three times (out of 14 nominations) and the Hugo Award six times (also out of 14 nominations), including two Hugos for novels: the serialized novel ...And Call Me Conrad (1965), subsequently published under the title This Immortal (1966), and the novel Lord of Light (1967).
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