Death and the Serpent: Immortality in Science Fiction and FantasyCarl B. Yoke, Donald M. Hassler |
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... experience : they mate with horses whose semen serves as a catalyst for the birth process . Each daughter , a new member of a particular motherline , is an exact replica of her mother . Hence , each motherline is an immortal feminist ...
... experience : they mate with horses whose semen serves as a catalyst for the birth process . Each daughter , a new member of a particular motherline , is an exact replica of her mother . Hence , each motherline is an immortal feminist ...
Page 148
... experience . He persuades her to make forbidden ajdustments to her internal enzyme balance that can halt the aging process and prolong her life indefinitely . Such adjustments are within the power of all members of the Bene Gesserit ...
... experience . He persuades her to make forbidden ajdustments to her internal enzyme balance that can halt the aging process and prolong her life indefinitely . Such adjustments are within the power of all members of the Bene Gesserit ...
Page 168
... experience of human passion in the mortal state . 9913 At times Tiptree seems adamant in her conviction that physical life must end in death , that life fuels only the machines of death , and vice versa . " She Waits for All Men Born ...
... experience of human passion in the mortal state . 9913 At times Tiptree seems adamant in her conviction that physical life must end in death , that life fuels only the machines of death , and vice versa . " She Waits for All Men Born ...
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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