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Lord of LightBook

by Roger Zelazny, 2004

Who uses, recommends or left Lord of Light, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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Programmer and educator. Keeps a public bookshelf with a short comment on every book.
loved

Back in high school this book had changed the way I perceive reality and science fiction.

Marked “Great book!” on his public bookshelf.

2026-08-16·rakhim.org ↗

Angel investor and co-founder of AngelList; writes and podcasts at nav.al.
recommended

Highly recommend "Lord of Light" by Zelazny as well.

Replying on X to a blog post about Zelazny’s Chronicles of Amber, which he calls formative.

2010-09-18·x.com ↗

Every entry is a verbatim quote and a link to the public post it came from. Nothing is paraphrased. If it is not on record somewhere public, it is not here.

The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.

A dashed affiliate link, sponsored or their own label means the post disclosed a relationship. It is shown, never hidden.

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What counts as old depends on the thing. A laptop praised four years ago has been replaced twice; a book loved twenty years ago is probably still loved. The shading is gone after about:

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