The Light-Bearer

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First edition (published by Berkley Books). Cover art by Richard Courtney

The Light-Bearer is a novel by Sam Nicholson published in 1980.

Plot summary

The Light-Bearer is a novel in which Prince Zeid seeks to aid the Terrans who are helping the natives of his planet modernize.[1]

Reception

Greg Costikyan reviewed The Light-Bearer in Ares Magazine #5 and commented that "The Light Bearer is light sf/fantasy adventure, and very cleanly written; it reminds one of nothing so much as Sprague DeCamp's Krishna series."[1]

Reviews

  • Review by Douglas E. Winter (1980) in Fantasy Newsletter, No. 28 September 1980[2]
  • Review by Tom Easton (1980) in
    Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact
    , November 1980

References

  1. ^ a b Costikyan, Greg (November 1980). "Books". Ares Magazine (5). Simulations Publications, Inc.: 10–11.
  2. ^ https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?683849