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Just finished Roger Zelazny's epic novel Lord of Light, a story combining Hinduism, Buddhism, and sci-fi. The premise is basically a bunch of humans have colonized a planet and have developed technology to be able to transfer their consciousness to different bodies, basically inventing the Wheel of Karma and the cycle of reincarnation. Certain humans start developing psychic abilities and are able to hone these with technological advances, taking on the roles of Hindu gods.

This is Yama, God of Death.
As he appears in the book, we see him in two forms, the dark one in the present, and the pale form in a lengthy but breathtaking flashback. The book describes his movements as fluid and smooth, very snake-like. I picture him moving the same in both bodies. Though all the "gods" are just humans, they have developed god-like abilities, and one of Yama's is the not-to-be-joked-about death gaze, which literally sucks the life out of anyone who falls beneath it. He is weapons master and has pretty much invented all the weapons the gods use, to include Shiva's Thunder Chariot. He is not the main character of the book, but he certainly an important character, perhaps second important to our protagonist Sam (short for Mahasamatman).

19 Jan. 2013
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~Ciara12 May 8, 2013
Oh, this is brilliant! I love 'Lord of Light', and you've captured Yama so well!
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~squonkhunter May 8, 2013  Student General Artist
Thank you!!! I love Lord of Light too but there are not many people who have read it! I hope to have the time to draw more characters or to draw some scenes from it, like the battle with the Rakshas, but we'll see.
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*barmybritishbird Jan 20, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Love it! :-)
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~squonkhunter Jan 20, 2013  Student General Artist
Thank you!
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*ElevatorButtons Jan 19, 2013  Student General Artist
Sounds like a really interesting book!
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~squonkhunter Jan 19, 2013  Student General Artist
IT'S SO GOOD. Finished it today. Was sad. I wanted it to last forever. ;___;
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*ElevatorButtons Jan 20, 2013  Student General Artist
I love books like that! The ones that you want to last forever. I'm reading a series like that right now.
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~squonkhunter Jan 20, 2013  Student General Artist
Oh, awesome! What is it?
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*ElevatorButtons Jan 20, 2013  Student General Artist
A Song if Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin
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~squonkhunter Jan 20, 2013  Student General Artist
Oh, how is it?
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