Death and the Serpent: Immortality in Science Fiction and FantasyCarl B. Yoke, Donald M. Hassler |
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... mind could not tolerate the revelation - based , supernaturalistic state of mind so central to Hebraism . 8 Lovecraft felt that the exotic , Oriental culture stream of the Hebrew tradition was an invader and destroyer of Western ...
... mind could not tolerate the revelation - based , supernaturalistic state of mind so central to Hebraism . 8 Lovecraft felt that the exotic , Oriental culture stream of the Hebrew tradition was an invader and destroyer of Western ...
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... mind , Samuelson's objection that Clarke has failed " to bring his theme down to manageable human dimen- sions , " and Clareson's criticism that " as so often occurs in science fiction , an idea rather than the quality of human ...
... mind , Samuelson's objection that Clarke has failed " to bring his theme down to manageable human dimen- sions , " and Clareson's criticism that " as so often occurs in science fiction , an idea rather than the quality of human ...
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... mind not to be chang'd by Place or Time . The mind is its own place , and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell , a Hell of Heav'n . What matter where , if I be still the same , And what I should be , all but less than thee Whom Thunder ...
... mind not to be chang'd by Place or Time . The mind is its own place , and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell , a Hell of Heav'n . What matter where , if I be still the same , And what I should be , all but less than thee Whom Thunder ...
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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