Seconded on the books. We might have Lord of Light around here somewhere. Eye of Cat is also good.
As to the writing, one person's "baroque" is another's "heightened." I don't remember ever finding Zelazny opaque, but opinions will (and probably should!) differ.
I agree, but ... I recommended it to a younger individual (think high school) and while they enjoyed it greatly, they found it more challenging. I think that this type of pseudo-modernist + pseudo-psychedelic writing isn't much in vogue any more.
