Sam

Role, aliases, and summary hidden by structure-only view.

also known as Mahasamatman, Siddhartha, Tathagatha, Buddha, Lord of Light, Kalkin, Maitreya, Manjusri, Binder, Great-Souled Sam, the Enlightened One, Lord Kalkin, The Buddha

protagonist / teacher

One of the original colonists, repeatedly resurrected rebel against Heaven's theocratic control; currently restored from a dispersed magnetic state and reluctantly re-entering the war against the gods.

In Lord of Light (Roger Zelazny, 1967)