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Lord of Light

Roger Zelazny

First published 1967
Publisher Doubleday
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
Cover art Howard Bernstein
Pages 257

Notes

Zelazny's novelettes "Dawn" (F&SF April 1967) and "Death and the Executioner" (F&SF June 1967) were incorporated as Chapters ii and iii of this novel.


• "First edition" so stated on the copyright page. • No statement of printing; no numberline • Gutter code I33 on page 257 indicates a manufacturing date of August 1967 hence probable publishing date of September 1967 • Month confirmed from Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1967: July-December, ref A939294 which states "22Sep67" • "Jacket design by Howard Bernstein" on rear dust jacket flap • Credit for Bernstein as cover artist from The Ides of Octember • OCLC has five records for the SFBC edition, none for the trade edition • LCCN is for the SFBC edition as well!

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Awards

Year Award Category Status
1968 Hugo Award Best Novel Winner
1968 Nebula Award Novel Nominee/Finalist
1975 Locus Poll Award All-Time Best Novel Nominee/Finalist
1987 Locus Poll Award All-Time Best SF Novel Nominee/Finalist
1998 Locus Poll Award All-Time Best SF Novel before 1990 Nominee/Finalist
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Fantasy Novel Nominee/Finalist
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Science Fiction Novel Nominee/Finalist

Other Editions

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Lord of Light Cover 1968 Doubleday / SFBC Hardcover Novel Howard Bernstein 257
Lord of Light Cover 1968 Faber and Faber Hardcover Novel Kangra 257
Lord of Light Cover 1969 Avon Paperback Novel N187 Ronald Walotsky 319
Lord of Light Cover 1969 Avon Paperback Novel N187 Ronald Walotsky 319
Lord of Light Cover 1969 Avon Paperback Novel N187 Ronald Walotsky 319
Lord of Light Cover 1971 Panther Paperback Novel Michael Johnson (artist) 251
Lord of Light Cover 1971 Avon Paperback Novel N187 Ronald Walotsky 319
Lord of Light Cover 1971 Avon Paperback Novel N187 Ronald Walotsky 319
Lord of Light Cover 1972 Avon Paperback Novel N187 Ronald Walotsky 319
Lord of Light Cover 1973 Panther Paperback Novel Bob Haberfield 251
Lord of Light Cover 1976 Avon Books Paperback Novel Ronald Walotsky 319
Lord of Light Cover 1976 Avon Paperback Novel Ronald Walotsky 319
Lord of Light Cover 1977 Panther / Granada Paperback Novel Peter Goodfellow 251
Lord of Light Cover 1977 Avon Books Paperback Novel Ronald Walotsky 319
Lord of Light Cover 1979 Gregg Press Hardcover Novel Freff 257
Lord of Light Cover 1981 Avon Books Paperback Novel 54338 Ronald Walotsky 319
Lord of Light Cover 1983 Doubleday / SFBC Hardcover Novel 5054 Viido Polikarpus 245
Lord of Light Cover 1986 Methuen Paperback Novel John Harris 261
Lord of Light Cover 1986 Doubleday / SFBC Hardcover Novel 05054 Viido Polikarpus 245
Lord of Light Cover 1987 Avon Paperback Novel Tim White 319
Lord of Light Cover 1994 The Easton Press Hardcover Novel xi+257
Lord of Light Cover 1999 Millennium / Orion Trade Paperback Novel Fred Gambino 261
Lord of Light Cover 2000 Avon Eos Paperback Novel 279
Lord of Light Cover 2001 Millennium / Orion Trade Paperback Novel Fred Gambino 261
Lord of Light Cover 2001 Science Fiction Book Club Hardcover Novel 36475 Bruce Jensen 245
Lord of Light Cover 2004 Gollancz / Orion Trade Paperback Novel Fred Gambino 319
Lord of Light Cover 2004 Eos / HarperCollins Trade Paperback Novel Steven Stone 296
Lord of Light Cover 2006 Gollancz / Orion Trade Paperback Novel Marc Adams xii+303
Lord of Light Cover 2008 Eos / HarperCollins Trade Paperback Novel Steven Stone 296
Lord of Light Cover 2010 Gollancz / Orion Trade Paperback Novel Fred Gambino ix+290
Lord of Light Cover 2018 Amber Ltd eBook Novel
Lord of Light Cover 2022 Recorded Books digital audio download Novel
Lord of Light Cover 2023 Gateway / Orion eBook Novel Fred Gambino