Death and the Serpent: Immortality in Science Fiction and FantasyCarl B. Yoke, Donald M. Hassler |
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Page 197
... reader is led to believe that Karellen lives up to the high moral and exacting ethical standards they imply . Clarke , moreover , continues to " humanize " Karellen in his dealing with Stormgren . Thus , while the Overlords do not plan ...
... reader is led to believe that Karellen lives up to the high moral and exacting ethical standards they imply . Clarke , moreover , continues to " humanize " Karellen in his dealing with Stormgren . Thus , while the Overlords do not plan ...
Page 198
... reader consider this article of faith in a different context , so too in " Guardian Angel " does he take on the devil . In neither case does Clarke do the rethinking for the reader , for that is the reader's task . The author is content ...
... reader consider this article of faith in a different context , so too in " Guardian Angel " does he take on the devil . In neither case does Clarke do the rethinking for the reader , for that is the reader's task . The author is content ...
Page 206
... reader to identify with them . It is Karellen's nobleness in the face of mortality that brings to the reader's mind the image of the ideal human hero . Unlike Paradise Lost , where intellect , ego , and ability lead to the Christian ...
... reader to identify with them . It is Karellen's nobleness in the face of mortality that brings to the reader's mind the image of the ideal human hero . Unlike Paradise Lost , where intellect , ego , and ability lead to the Christian ...
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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