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The Lord
of Light web site is dedicated
to three men:
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Roger
Zelazny, whose inter-dimensional
writing style spanned
universes and transcended
time and space, completely
redefining the experience
of reading fantasy
and science fiction
for my entire generation.
Roger had the ability
to bring to life all
the power and force
of historical mythology
in the forms of living
men and women as few
writers have ever
been able. ...Whose
ability to create
new, very real and
livable civilizations
which engulfed us
was rarely equaled;
and, in whose many
award-winning books
we get the idea of
a new form of sentience
within ourselves,
permeating outwards
into an infinite number
of realities yet never
forsaking the plausibility
and passion of our
own. |
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Jack
Kirby, without whose
powerhouse creative
vision and kick-ass
illustrative style
there would not have
been the recognition
of the Myth of the
Super Hero as many
of us know it today,
let alone the gentleness,
force, and major inspiration
of modern comic books
and comic book characters
that have influenced
us all. ...Whose stories,
saturated with integrity
and honor, by themselves
created new genres
that have reached
to almost every corner
of our world. ...Whose
sheer no-quarter-given
creativity and power
of draftsmanship endowed
his characters with
such life that their
popularity rages on
undiminished, decades
later. Some people
say Jack was ahead
of his time. Comics Collector
Brad Sloan from California
says, "No. Time started
with Jack Kirby."
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And,
myself, Barry Ira Geller, for my driving ambition, vision,
and personal purpose
in buying the rights
to the novel and collaborating with such
steller talents like Jack Kirby, John Chambers, Maurice Stein,
Ray Bradbury, and Buckminster Fuller to breathe life into
my production designs based upon my screenplay of Roger Zelazny's
most classic work.
Although my grand attempt to
bring together scientists from around the world with a new
Technology Center, and build Science Fiction Theme Park based
upon Jack's and Roger's stuff
did not work out,
I have persisted in
following my original
dream throughout the
years to bring both
of these men's best
work to a new level
of cultural recognition
with my belief that
this project will
make a difference
in our perception
of our lives on this
planet. And finally,
my continuing belief
of the extreme financial
rewards of the Lord
of Light Project,
from theatrical release
to all forms of world-wide
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About "Lord of
Light".
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This is a novel about
a future world conquered by settlers from a distant planet called Zelazny calls "Urth".
Through advanced technology they
give themselves godlike
powers and even set themselves
up as "gods" from the Hindu Pantheon. They rule
the current population, descended from the passengers of the original starship, from a city they build named Heaven.
Called The First, they
have achieved a kind of
immortality by transferring
their identities from
old bodies to new ones.
These deicrats (as Zelazny
calls them) through centuries
of "divine" rule, have
become corrupt, and only
one among them will openly
oppose their tyranny.
He is the hero, "who
was variously known as
Mahasamatman, Kalkin,
Manjusri, Siddhartha,
Tathagatha, Binder of Demons, Maitreya,
the Enlightened One,
Buddha and Sam - The Lord of Light". .
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(c) 1978-2013 Barry Ira Geller, Lord of Light Company All worldwide
Rights Reserved. All the Drawings and Text on this site are the
property of and copyright of Barry Ira Geller. Copying, downloading
or use of any images found on this site, is expressly prohibited
and forbidden. Unless prior consent is negotiated in writing, the
purchase of any Lord of Light-Jack Kirby prints is a single one-time
private purchase only for your personal use and does not in any
way convey any further rights, title, or interest whatsoever --
other than to hang them on your wall :-) Violators will be prosecuted
according to the fullest extent of applicable laws.
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