Death and the Serpent: Immortality in Science Fiction and FantasyCarl B. Yoke, Donald M. Hassler |
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Page 158
... society dependent on organ transplants will become very repres- sive . The clearest example of such repression is the human colony on Plateau , a planet circling Tau Ceti . Plateau's Colony , as described in A Gift From Earth , is ...
... society dependent on organ transplants will become very repres- sive . The clearest example of such repression is the human colony on Plateau , a planet circling Tau Ceti . Plateau's Colony , as described in A Gift From Earth , is ...
Page 182
... society will be weakened and diseased by its obsession with eternal youth out of a bottle . Those in control of the ... society . If such a magical elixir existed , could we assume that humankind would have the wisdom to avoid the traps ...
... society will be weakened and diseased by its obsession with eternal youth out of a bottle . Those in control of the ... society . If such a magical elixir existed , could we assume that humankind would have the wisdom to avoid the traps ...
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... society and human ambition . In a world where eternal life is possible , there will be social change and adap- tation . Human culture will flex and bend adapting to life's new conditions . There will be a feedback in those adaptations ...
... society and human ambition . In a world where eternal life is possible , there will be social change and adap- tation . Human culture will flex and bend adapting to life's new conditions . There will be a feedback in those adaptations ...
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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