Death and the Serpent: Immortality in Science Fiction and FantasyCarl B. Yoke, Donald M. Hassler |
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... suggests , are the only things that could make life bearable for an im- mortal . Similarly , for mortals the thing that makes death bearable is the knowl- edge of the continued existence of the species . In God Emperor of Dune , Leto ...
... suggests , are the only things that could make life bearable for an im- mortal . Similarly , for mortals the thing that makes death bearable is the knowl- edge of the continued existence of the species . In God Emperor of Dune , Leto ...
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... suggests that the realization of this dream of completeness is our destruction . ( Here the narrator literally has such a dream . ) Also again , while the plot as a whole suggests the insignificance of humanity , Tiptree's narration of ...
... suggests that the realization of this dream of completeness is our destruction . ( Here the narrator literally has such a dream . ) Also again , while the plot as a whole suggests the insignificance of humanity , Tiptree's narration of ...
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... suggests that " Clarke's awareness that this choice might be untenable for a work of SF ostensibly for a more enlightened audience , " might very well have led to his disavowal of the " opin- ions " expressed in Childhood's End . But ...
... suggests that " Clarke's awareness that this choice might be untenable for a work of SF ostensibly for a more enlightened audience , " might very well have led to his disavowal of the " opin- ions " expressed in Childhood's End . But ...
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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