Immortal Engines
Life Extension and Immortality in Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Pages: 260
Trim size: 6.000in x 9.000in
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Paperback
Pub Date: 07/01/1996
ISBN: 9-780-8203-1733-5
List Price: $36.95
Hardcover
Pub Date: 04/01/2017
ISBN: 9-780-8203-5242-8
List Price: $88.95
Immortal Engines
Life Extension and Immortality in Science Fiction and Fantasy
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This intriguing anthology not only surveys the imagined mechanics of achieving and withstanding immortality in science fiction, but also at moments tentatively questions our culture's avoidance of that middle ground between fantasies of perpetual youth and dreams of endless life: the increasingly common reality of a greatly protracted old age.
—Science-Fiction Studies