Death and the Serpent: Immortality in Science Fiction and FantasyCarl B. Yoke, Donald M. Hassler |
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... seems somehow insufficient . Goethe triumphs over this difficulty in Werther by having Werther himself complain that the death he chooses seems insufficient for the love he bears Lotte . Goethe then describes Werther's death almost ...
... seems somehow insufficient . Goethe triumphs over this difficulty in Werther by having Werther himself complain that the death he chooses seems insufficient for the love he bears Lotte . Goethe then describes Werther's death almost ...
Page 95
... seems to be the adversary who is the real driving power behind it all . And the heroes , while being true to their own nature , do not seem to have much choice in the matter . But this is to some extent true of all characters in the ...
... seems to be the adversary who is the real driving power behind it all . And the heroes , while being true to their own nature , do not seem to have much choice in the matter . But this is to some extent true of all characters in the ...
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... seems to be that even if our consciousness is capable of transcending our physical mortality , the only significance of human consciousness is still its experience of human passion in the mortal state . 9913 At times Tiptree seems ...
... seems to be that even if our consciousness is capable of transcending our physical mortality , the only significance of human consciousness is still its experience of human passion in the mortal state . 9913 At times Tiptree seems ...
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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