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Sum

byDavid Eagleman

Genres: Science Fiction Fiction Humor Life-Rediscovery Journeys

Who is this book for? Readers interested in speculative fiction and philosophical explorations of life and death.

Topics Mysterious existenceGodAfterlifeExistenceIdentityScienceRomanceHuman natureHopeDeath

MoodWhimsical, Thought-Provoking

HumorOccasional Humor

In the afterlife you may find that God is the size of a microbe and unaware of your existence. Or you may find the afterlife contains only those people whom you remember. In some afterlives you are split into all your different ages; in some you are recreated based on your credit-card records; and in others you are forced to live with annoying versions of yourself that represent what you could have been.In these wonderfully imagined tales - at once funny, wistful and unsettling - Eagleman kicks over the chessboard of traditional notions and offers us a dazzling lens through which to see ourselves here and now. His stories are rooted in science and romance and awe at our mysterious existence: a mixture of hope, love and death that cuts through human nature at innovative angles.

Language

Published on

24/04/2009

Pages

128

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781847674272

Price Comparison

waterstones

Paperback

9.99 £

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