A Science Fantasy Masterpiece reviewed and ranked. Lord of Light. Zelazny.

Tonight I review Roger Zelazny's 1968 Hugo award winning Novel "Lord of Light". I provide a plot overview, discuss my likes, my dislikes, make some recommendations and then I rank it on our ever growing SF Shed Ladder.

Over the last year I have reread close to 50 Hugo and/or Nebula award winning Science Fiction and Fantasy novels, and I have been ranking them on the ever growing SF Shed Ladder.

I use the following criteria to help me rank these wonderful novels.
1. Concept (how interesting/unique is the SF or F concept)
2. Execution of the concept
3. Characters (interesting character arcs, relatable, interesting)
4. Writing (how much did i enjoy the writing)
5. How memorable are these novels (the memory test)
6. Plot (interesting twists and turns)
7. Ending (does the ending satisfy)

Playlist of all the Hugo Winning Novels
   • Hugo Winners  

Playlist of all the Nebula Winning Novels
   • Nebula Winners  

1 Hyperion Dan Simmons
2 Dune Frank Herbert
3 Gateway Frederik Pohl
4 A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller Jnr
5 Way Station Clifford Symak
6 Doomsday Book Connie Willis
7 To Your Scattered Bodies Go Philip Jose Farmer
8 A Case of Conscience James Blish
9 Tehanu Ursula Le Guin
10 The Forever War Joe Haldeman
11 The Dispossessed Ursula Le Guin
12 The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula Le Guin
13 This Immortal Roger Zelazny
14 The Fountains of Paradise Arthur C. Clarke
15 Stranger in a Strange Land Robert Heinlein
16 The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Robert Heinlein
17 Starship Troopers Robert Heinlein
18 Ringworld Larry Niven
19 The Claw of the Conciliator Gene Wolfe
20 The Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick
21 The Demolished Man Alfred Bester
22 Falling Free L. McMaster Bujold
23 Red Mars Kim Stanley Robinson
24 Moving Mars Greg Bear
25 A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge
26 The Windup Girl Paolo Bacigalupi
27 Redshirts John Scalzi
28 Flowers for Algenon Daniel Keyes
29 Rite of Passage Alexei Panshin
30 Among Others Jo Walton
31 The Uplift War David Brin
32 A Deepness in the Sky Vernor Vinge
33 Startide Rising David Brin
34 The City and the City China Mieville
35 Man Plus Frederik Pohl
36 Babel-17 Samuel R Delany
37 Where Late the Sweet Bird Sang Kate Wilhelm
38 Double Star Robert Heinlein
39 A Memory Called Empire Arkady Martine
40 Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie
41 Forever Peace Joe Haldeman
42 The Terminal Experiment Robert J. Sawyer
43 The Quantum Rose Catherine Asaro
44 The Einstein Intersection Samuel R Delany
45 The Big Time Fritz Leiber
46 No Enemy But Time Michael Bishop
47 The Falling Woman Pat Murphy
48 The Fifth Season N.K Jemisin