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- catalog abstract "These nineteen original essays seek to recontextualize the subject of immortality, examining its influence as an ancient human aspiration while at the same time considering new scientific advances and their impact on life and literature. Grouped in three broad categories, the essays provide key information about and concepts of immortality, examine science fiction stories and scientific research to consider the prospects and possible effects of achieving immortality, and discuss immortality and life extension as literary themes. The topics the essays focus on, as well as the perspectives of the contributors, range widely: genetics, cryonics, Marxism, Darwinism, cyberspace, feminist writing, religion, Italian science fiction, film, children's literature, video games, and comic books.".
- catalog contributor b9124759.
- catalog contributor b9124760.
- catalog contributor b9124761.
- catalog contributor b9124762.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Immortality: The Self-Defeating Fantasy / Eric S. Rabkin -- pt. I. Approaches to Immortality. Philosophical Models of Immortality in Science Fiction / John Martin Fischer and Ruth Curl. From the Sublime to the Ridiculous: Immortality and The Immortal / James Gunn. Longevity as Class Struggle / Fredric Jameson -- pt. II. Science and Immortality. The Immortality Myth and Technology / Steven B. Harris. A Roll of the Ice: Cryonics as a Gamble / Sterling Blake. Living Forever or Dying in the Attempt: Mortality and Immortality in Science and Science Fiction / Joseph D. Miller. The Biopoetics of Immortality: A Darwinist Perspective on Science Fiction / Brett Cooke. IBMortality: Putting the Ghost in the Machine / Stephen Potts. How Cyberspace Signifies: Taking Immortality Literally / N. Katherine Hayles -- pt. III. Literature and Immortality. Alienation as the Price of Immortality: The Tithonus Syndrome in Science Fiction and Fantasy / S.L. Rosen.".
- catalog description "These nineteen original essays seek to recontextualize the subject of immortality, examining its influence as an ancient human aspiration while at the same time considering new scientific advances and their impact on life and literature. Grouped in three broad categories, the essays provide key information about and concepts of immortality, examine science fiction stories and scientific research to consider the prospects and possible effects of achieving immortality, and discuss immortality and life extension as literary themes. The topics the essays focus on, as well as the perspectives of the contributors, range widely: genetics, cryonics, Marxism, Darwinism, cyberspace, feminist writing, religion, Italian science fiction, film, children's literature, video games, and comic books.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 243 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0820317322".
- catalog identifier "0820317330 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Athens [Ga.] : University of Georgia Press,".
- catalog subject "809.3/876 20".
- catalog subject "Fantasy fiction History and criticism Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Immortalism in literature Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Longevity in literature Congresses.".
- catalog subject "PN3433.2 .I56 1997".
- catalog subject "Science fiction History and criticism Congresses.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Immortality: The Self-Defeating Fantasy / Eric S. Rabkin -- pt. I. Approaches to Immortality. Philosophical Models of Immortality in Science Fiction / John Martin Fischer and Ruth Curl. From the Sublime to the Ridiculous: Immortality and The Immortal / James Gunn. Longevity as Class Struggle / Fredric Jameson -- pt. II. Science and Immortality. The Immortality Myth and Technology / Steven B. Harris. A Roll of the Ice: Cryonics as a Gamble / Sterling Blake. Living Forever or Dying in the Attempt: Mortality and Immortality in Science and Science Fiction / Joseph D. Miller. The Biopoetics of Immortality: A Darwinist Perspective on Science Fiction / Brett Cooke. IBMortality: Putting the Ghost in the Machine / Stephen Potts. How Cyberspace Signifies: Taking Immortality Literally / N. Katherine Hayles -- pt. III. Literature and Immortality. Alienation as the Price of Immortality: The Tithonus Syndrome in Science Fiction and Fantasy / S.L. Rosen.".
- catalog title "Immortal engines : life extension and immortality in science fiction and fantasy / edited by George Slusser, Gary Westfahl, and Eric S. Rabkin.".
- catalog type "Conference proceedings. fast".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".