Death and the Serpent: Immortality in Science Fiction and FantasyCarl B. Yoke, Donald M. Hassler |
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... social structure might have on the condition of eternal life . As such , Vance's novel is a treatise on the social dynamics of immortality , of its impact on human society and human ambition . In a world where eternal life is possible ...
... social structure might have on the condition of eternal life . As such , Vance's novel is a treatise on the social dynamics of immortality , of its impact on human society and human ambition . In a world where eternal life is possible ...
Page 190
... social structure of Clarges is more a loose union of desperate strivers and complacent Brahmans than a true society . The great impetus to gain slope generates antisocial forces because its ultimate purpose is not the integration of the ...
... social structure of Clarges is more a loose union of desperate strivers and complacent Brahmans than a true society . The great impetus to gain slope generates antisocial forces because its ultimate purpose is not the integration of the ...
Page 190
... social structure of Clarges is more a loose union of desperate strivers and complacent Brahmans than a true society . The great impetus to gain slope generates antisocial forces because its ultimate purpose is not the integration of the ...
... social structure of Clarges is more a loose union of desperate strivers and complacent Brahmans than a true society . The great impetus to gain slope generates antisocial forces because its ultimate purpose is not the integration of the ...
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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