The Light-Bearer

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

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

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

[Ares-1] 1 2 Costikyan, Greg (November 1980). "Books". Ares Magazine (5). Simulations Publications, Inc.: 10–11.

[2] ttps://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?683849

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