Lord of Light
by Roger Zelazny
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“@BrianTHeligman @srirangr Then you may like Lord of Light. It’s the only scifi novel that I know of where the protagonist is a Buddha.”
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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Books Recommended by Naval Ravikant, Most Recommended Books, and Science Fiction.
Earth is long since dead. On a colony planet, a band of men has gained control of Technology,, made themselves immortal, and now rule their world as the gods of the Hindu pantheon. Only one dares oppose them: he who was once Siddhartha and is now Mahasamatman. Binder of Demons, Lord of Light....
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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Books Recommended by Naval Ravikant, Most Recommended Books, and Science Fiction.
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“@BrianTHeligman @srirangr Then you may like Lord of Light. It’s the only scifi novel that I know of where the protagonist is a Buddha.”
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Consider The Republic by Plato. Recommended by 13 sources.
“Plato stages an extended Socratic conversation that moves from concrete questions about justice into broad proposals about an ideal city, the structure of the soul, and what counts as reality and knowledge. Reading alternates brisk question-and-answer snippets with long, cumulative demonstrations that reward careful attention and annotation. Main value: a wealth of thought experiments for testing political and ethical intuitions. Main limitation: repetitive refutations, long policy sketches and dense metaphysical passages can feel abstruse and slow; patience and some philosophical background help.”
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