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Lord of Light

Published
Jan 1967
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Science Fiction Sci-Fi
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319

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HIS FOLLOWERS CALLED HIM
mahasamatman
AND SAID HE WAS A GOD.

HE PREFERRED TO DROP THE
maha -AND -atman,
HOWEVER, AND CALLED HIMSELF
sam
HE NEVER CLAIMED TO BE A GOD.
BUT THEN, HE NEVER CLAIMED NOT TO BE...

It is long after the death of Earth. A band of men on a colony planet have gained control of technology. With it, they have given themselves immortality and godlike powers, and they rule their world as the gods of the Hindu pantheon.

Kali, Goddess of Destruction; Yama, Lord of Death; Krishna, God of Lust; all are opposed by him who was Siddhartha, who is now Mahasamatman, Binder of Demons, Lord of Light.

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