Death and the Serpent: Immortality in Science Fiction and FantasyCarl B. Yoke, Donald M. Hassler |
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Page 166
... transcendence , for in the creation of art , we see the transcendence of the physical state of existence allied with the survival of the species . In nearly every other instance , transcendence and physical survival appear to be opposed ...
... transcendence , for in the creation of art , we see the transcendence of the physical state of existence allied with the survival of the species . In nearly every other instance , transcendence and physical survival appear to be opposed ...
Page 167
... transcendence , and in the end loses both . 9910 " On the Last Afternoon " is in many ways a bitter and tragic story , but in it Tiptree confronts directly for the first time humanity's desire for transcendence of its physical mortality ...
... transcendence , and in the end loses both . 9910 " On the Last Afternoon " is in many ways a bitter and tragic story , but in it Tiptree confronts directly for the first time humanity's desire for transcendence of its physical mortality ...
Page 168
... transcendence . The intimations of immortality remained at first sharply demarcated from the biological cycle , even if only because of her failure to connect them except by the one - way bridge of death . However , in " A Momentary ...
... transcendence . The intimations of immortality remained at first sharply demarcated from the biological cycle , even if only because of her failure to connect them except by the one - way bridge of death . However , in " A Momentary ...
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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