Pointless action/adventure novel in which gods and sorcerers walk the present day earth.
Jack of Shadows – Roger Zelazny
Fantasy/Science Fiction hybrid set on a world where one side always faces the sun and the other is always dark. The light side features science while the dark side is the realm of magic. Our hero Jack is a sort of spy/mythic hero and these are his adventures. Zelazny weirdness is all over the writing of this rather lighthearted tale.
Creatures of Light and Darkness – Roger Zelazny
Very strange tale of creatures manifesting as ancient Egyptian gods, and the the power games that they play.
This Immortal – Roger Zelazny
Set on a future Earth, a world depopulated and ravaged by war. These are the adventures of Conrad Nomikos, the titular immortal. As usual with Zelazny, weirdness abounds.
Lord of Light – Roger Zelazny
The crew of a colony ship has set itself up as the Hindu pantheon, lording it over the descendants of their former passengers by controlling access to superior technology and enacting laws forbidding progress. This works well for a long time, until the Buddha appears.
A deep novel which is sometimes difficult to fathom, it is nevertheless considered a science fiction classic for good reason. The way in which Zelazny uses technology as a metaphor for spirituality is masterful.
A Rose for Ecclesiastes – Roger Zelazny
In this classic short story, a mercurial genius poet linguist is on Mars as part of an expedition. He delves deep into the mythos of the ancient (and still existing) Martian civilization.
Zelazny’s story is astonishing in its beauty. The use of Book of Ecclesiastes to illustrate the ennui felt by the Martians is genius. The prose is masterful and gorgeous. It is not a long story, but it lingers.
The full text can be found here.