Dying of the Light have all faced their fears of death and of life. The novel's title is drawn from Dylan Thomas' 1947 poem about his dying father, "Do not go gentle into that good night", which contains the lines: Do not go gentle into that good night.<br> Rage, rage against the dying of the light. It mentions a race of beings called the "githyanki". This name was taken from the novel for use with a much different race in the "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" game. Dying of the Light Dying of the Light is American author George R. R. Martin's first novel, published
The Rage Against God religious in character. This profound misunderstanding of the nature of the USSR is the key to finding another significant flaw in what is in general his circular argument". Then, a week before the book's publication, Hitchens wrote: "...it is obvious much of what I say [in The Rage Against God] arises out of my attempt to debate religion with him [Christopher Hitchens], it would be absurd to pretend that much of what I say here is not intended to counter or undermine arguments he presented in his book, God Is Not Great...". In Chapter 1, Hitchens describes abandoning religion in