Death and the Serpent: Immortality in Science Fiction and FantasyCarl B. Yoke, Donald M. Hassler |
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... problems for our society . He is also most interested in the implications for social disorientation that sur- round this ... problem of mortality . A glance at our table of contents here will indicate the wide sweep across both the more ...
... problems for our society . He is also most interested in the implications for social disorientation that sur- round this ... problem of mortality . A glance at our table of contents here will indicate the wide sweep across both the more ...
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... problem of Death as seen by a finite but willing and self - conscious person . 10 The problem of death for the elves is twofold : they must come to terms with the fact that they go on living to an end they cannot foresee , and they must ...
... problem of Death as seen by a finite but willing and self - conscious person . 10 The problem of death for the elves is twofold : they must come to terms with the fact that they go on living to an end they cannot foresee , and they must ...
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... problem remains unre- solved : Why does Lessingham have to wait another fifty years before he may join his beloved once more in another world ? What purpose is there to cogitation that has no aim ? In the " Praeludium❞ — and it ought ...
... problem remains unre- solved : Why does Lessingham have to wait another fifty years before he may join his beloved once more in another world ? What purpose is there to cogitation that has no aim ? In the " Praeludium❞ — and it ought ...
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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