Death and the Serpent: Immortality in Science Fiction and FantasyCarl B. Yoke, Donald M. Hassler |
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... theme.2 Even the great Leo Tolstoy in his " The Family of the Vourdalak " and two other vampiric tales wrote with competence and skill about the vampire , making them and the theme more visible among the educated of the century . 2 It ...
... theme.2 Even the great Leo Tolstoy in his " The Family of the Vourdalak " and two other vampiric tales wrote with competence and skill about the vampire , making them and the theme more visible among the educated of the century . 2 It ...
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... theme was used by Robert E. Howard in " The Mirrors of Thuzune Thune . " In his house of a Thousand Mirrors , Kull finds himself in deadly peril as the wizard seeks to imprison him within the mirrors . As Kull is enchanted , " The man ...
... theme was used by Robert E. Howard in " The Mirrors of Thuzune Thune . " In his house of a Thousand Mirrors , Kull finds himself in deadly peril as the wizard seeks to imprison him within the mirrors . As Kull is enchanted , " The man ...
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... theme can be summed up by one conversation between Secretary - General Stormgren , the human repre- sentative of the Overlords on Earth , and Wainwright , the leader of an anti- Overlord faction . The two are arguing over Karellen's ...
... theme can be summed up by one conversation between Secretary - General Stormgren , the human repre- sentative of the Overlords on Earth , and Wainwright , the leader of an anti- Overlord faction . The two are arguing over Karellen's ...
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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