Death and the Serpent: Immortality in Science Fiction and FantasyCarl B. Yoke, Donald M. Hassler |
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... human beings have invented about elves . But what , he wondered , would the human - tales created by the fairies be like ? Tolkien speculated confidently : " The Human - stories of the elves are doubtless full of the Escape from ...
... human beings have invented about elves . But what , he wondered , would the human - tales created by the fairies be like ? Tolkien speculated confidently : " The Human - stories of the elves are doubtless full of the Escape from ...
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... human immortal , other and often quite inventive methods of bestowing immortality on human beings have been either ... humanity . These ideas then , in Deathless Humans in Horror Fiction Samuel H Vasbinder.
... human immortal , other and often quite inventive methods of bestowing immortality on human beings have been either ... humanity . These ideas then , in Deathless Humans in Horror Fiction Samuel H Vasbinder.
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... human consciousness is still its 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 ...
... human consciousness is still its 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 ...
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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