Death and the Serpent: Immortality in Science Fiction and FantasyCarl B. Yoke, Donald M. Hassler |
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... fact simply recognizes a higher level of sophistication in those people whose religions contain it . The death of the gods recognizes a psychological turning in of people upon themselves and the subsequent search for a religion of ...
... fact simply recognizes a higher level of sophistication in those people whose religions contain it . The death of the gods recognizes a psychological turning in of people upon themselves and the subsequent search for a religion of ...
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... fact exterior to my story , Elves and Men are just different aspects of the Humane , and represent the problem of Death as seen by a finite but willing and self - conscious person . 10 The problem of death for the elves is twofold ...
... fact exterior to my story , Elves and Men are just different aspects of the Humane , and represent the problem of Death as seen by a finite but willing and self - conscious person . 10 The problem of death for the elves is twofold ...
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... fact of living . Identifying aging as a disease , as Gunn does , suggests that old age can be treated , even cured some day . In the medical profession today , there is a real hope that the degenerative factors of old age may in fact be ...
... fact of living . Identifying aging as a disease , as Gunn does , suggests that old age can be treated , even cured some day . In the medical profession today , there is a real hope that the degenerative factors of old age may in fact be ...
Contents
Is There Life After Immortality? | 19 |
A Recent Idea | 39 |
The Elves of J R R Tolkien and Sylvia | 57 |
Copyright | |
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