Night of Light Author:Philip Jose Farmer Every seven years, the placid planet of Dante's Joy becomes a waking nightmare of death, deformity, and madness. To escape, the populace has the choice of Sleeping - lying drugged in their tomblike houses - or taking the Change - staying awake and going abroad while their world goes berserk. They become what their innermost longings dictate, w... more »hether it be a beast locked in the vilest bowels of depravity, or a supreme being raised to the flowering serenity of truth and light. Thousands are mutilated, killed, transformed into monstrous things. John Carmody, a conscienceless exile from Earth, arrogantly chooses to take the Change. Reeling, shrieking his fear and despair, Carmody confronts the Night of Light, the unknown and the unknowable...« less