Creatures of Light and Darkness (Mass Market Paperback)

by Roger Zelazny (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 190 pages
• Publisher: Avon Books (August 1970)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380011220
• ISBN-13: 978-0380011223
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #564,772 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Once every thousand years..., August 29, 2004

By	M. A. Ramos (Florida USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

In this book the gods of ancient Egypt are and have always been. And we can assume that the gods of our ancient Egypt were echoes of these beings. Our story begins in the House of the Dead where Anubis wakes a seemingly undefeatable man whose memory was taken and is to be his emissary. Anubis and Osiris each send an emmissary to a Middle World bent on destroying the only remaining threat to their power.

The story is not told in a smooth narrative, but in a series of short and often disjointed episodes. But continue reading, for the story will fall into place. The writting is excellent though, as would be expected from this author. What stood out for me in this book was Madrak, the all-bases-covered agnostic preacher. His prayer still stands out in my memory.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely original and unique, December 17, 2005

By	John Gossman (Seattle, wa USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Zelazny's classic "Lord of Light" told of a technological future world where humans had set themselves up as the Hindu gods. It is a tour de force, highly original work that takes science fiction so far it becomes fantasy and mythology.

"Creatures of Light and Darkness" takes all of this two steps further. The result is highly non-linear, sometimes hard to follow, with characters that are almost abstract rather than human. And it is all, incredibly, indescribably brilliant...so far beyond the general run of the mill science-fiction and fantasy writing to be outside the genre.

I can only imagine people either hating or loving this book. I happen to love it...

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Even better than Lord of Light; deserves to be in print., December 7, 1997

By	sunman42 "sunman42" (Seabrook MD) - See all my reviews

The Egyptian pantheon, the lands of the dead and living, a Steel General, some very old shoes, prayers that apologize for disturbing a deity which may or may nor exist.... Only Zelazny could combine them all, and only Zelazny could bring it all off so brilliantly. What a loss that he is no longer with us, and what a tragedy that this book is no longer in print.