Death and the Serpent: Immortality in Science Fiction and FantasyCarl B. Yoke, Donald M. Hassler |
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... body at death for some other kind of existence , but depended upon food and other offerings left in the burial tomb for continued sustenance in the next world . " As Egyptian civilization developed , this concept became more complex ...
... body at death for some other kind of existence , but depended upon food and other offerings left in the burial tomb for continued sustenance in the next world . " As Egyptian civilization developed , this concept became more complex ...
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... body . ' The renowned eleventh edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica starts the entry on immortality promisingly by stating that " the condition of quality of being exempt from death or annihilation ... has been predicated of man ...
... body . ' The renowned eleventh edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica starts the entry on immortality promisingly by stating that " the condition of quality of being exempt from death or annihilation ... has been predicated of man ...
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... bodies up are vivid and disturbing in " The Jigsaw Man " and A Gift From Earth ) , the crime rate drops dramatically , and the shortage of body parts continues . Ironi- cally , the criminal gains a kind of immortality in that his body ...
... bodies up are vivid and disturbing in " The Jigsaw Man " and A Gift From Earth ) , the crime rate drops dramatically , and the shortage of body parts continues . Ironi- cally , the criminal gains a kind of immortality in that his body ...
Contents
Is There Life After Immortality? | 19 |
A Recent Idea | 39 |
The Elves of J R R Tolkien and Sylvia | 57 |
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