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Title: Essential in any serious sci fi collection
Review: Any Hugo/Nebula Award winner is always worth reading, but Lord of Light stands out even in that illustrious list. Have bought it at least half a dozen times since first reading it 25 years or so ago, as keep lending it, not getting it back. Can still quote chunks of it. The scope is huge, the writing is elegant and spare. Wish I'd written him that fan letter way back then. Why is this excellent book out of print when the (to my mind) inferior soap series Amber is still available? Other 5 star books to check out if you like this one - THE PLAYER OF GAMES by IAIN M BANKS, NOVA by SAMUEL R DELANEY, THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS by URSULA K LEGUIN, NIGHTWINGS by ROBERT SILVERBERG, SNOWCRASH by NEAL STEPHENSON, VURT by JEFF NOON, THE JAGGED ORBIT by JOHN BRUNNER.
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