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Immortal Engines: Life Extension and Immortality in Science Fiction and Fantasy

Gary Westfahl & George Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin

First published 1996
Publisher University of Georgia Press
Format Trade Paperback
Type Nonfiction
Cover art Jerry Uelsmann
Pages xvii+243
Price $20.00
ISBN 0820317330

First printing as per number line.
No price ("90000" in EAN-13 price zone) or pub month (some unknown sources give 1996-07-00 and $20.00).

Page Title Author(s) Type
3 Philosophical Models of Immortality in Science Fiction John Martin Fischer & Ruth Curl Essay
13 From the Sublime to the Ridiculous: Immortality and The Immortal James Gunn Essay
24 Longevity as Class Struggle Fredric Jameson Essay
45 The Immortality Myth and Technology Steven B. Harris Essay
68 A Roll of the Ice: Cryonics as a Gamble Sterling Blake Essay
77 Living Forever or Dying in the Attempt: Mortality and Immortality in Science and Science Fiction Joseph D. Miller Essay
90 The Biopoetics of Immortality: A Darwinist Perspective on Science Fiction Brett Cooke Essay
102 IBMortality: Putting the Ghost in the Machine Stephen Potts Essay
111 How Cyberspace Signifies: Taking Immortality Literally N. Katherine Hayles Essay
125 Alienation as the Price of Immortality: The Tithonus Syndrome in Science Fiction and Fantasy S. L. Rosen Essay
135 "No Woman Born": Immortality and Gender in Feminist Science Fiction Robin Roberts Essay
145 The Science Fiction of the House of Saul: From Frankenstein's Monster to Lazarus Long Barry Crawford Essay
158 Cosmifantasies: Humanistic Visions of Immortality in Italian Science Fiction Terri Frongia Essay
170 "We Are All Kin": Relatedness, Mortality, and the Paradox of Human Immortality Judith Lee Essay
183 Dual Immortality, No Kids: The Dink Link between Birthlessness and Deathlessness in Science Fiction Howard V. Hendrix Essay
190 Clifford D. Simak's Way Station: The Hero as Archetypal Science Fiction Writer, the Science Fiction Writer as Seeker fir Immortality Bud Foote Essay
201 Living Dolls: Images of Immortality in Children's Literature Lynne Lundquist Essay
211 Zen and the Art of Mario Mantenance: Cycles of Death and Rebirth in Video Games and Children's Subliterature Gary Westfahl Essay
221 You Bet Your Life: Death and the Storyteller Frank McConnell Essay
ix Immortality: The Self-Defeating Fantasy Eric S. Rabkin Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Immortal Engines: Life Extension and Immortality in Science Fiction and Fantasy 1996 University of Georgia Press Hardcover Nonfiction 243
Immortal Engines: Life Extension and Immortality in Science Fiction and Fantasy Cover 2017 University of Georgia Press Hardcover Nonfiction 260