Science-fiction Studies, Volume 27, Part 1SFS Publications., 2000 - Science fiction |
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concept of immortality , at least in this symbolized form , is our best avenue toward acceptance of death and the confronting of our own finiteness " ( 16 ) . The same must hold true for the apocalypse . It is not a sense of immortality ...
concept of immortality , at least in this symbolized form , is our best avenue toward acceptance of death and the confronting of our own finiteness " ( 16 ) . The same must hold true for the apocalypse . It is not a sense of immortality ...
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Seeking to evade the death of their bodies through life in virtuality , the Copies deny real birth and “ living being . " By abandoning the excremental self ( “ Prologue " 9 ) , they attempt to deny their very mortality ( Grosz ...
Seeking to evade the death of their bodies through life in virtuality , the Copies deny real birth and “ living being . " By abandoning the excremental self ( “ Prologue " 9 ) , they attempt to deny their very mortality ( Grosz ...
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The TVC universe is a made - to - order utopia of infinite possibility but no effect ; there is no death , no challenge , and no God ( 230 ) . Every Copy is effectively condemned to perpetual solitary confinement .
The TVC universe is a made - to - order utopia of infinite possibility but no effect ; there is no death , no challenge , and no God ( 230 ) . Every Copy is effectively condemned to perpetual solitary confinement .
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Wrapped in that mysterious | 22 |
Michael Fisch Nation War and Japans Future in the Science | 49 |
AI ALife and | 69 |
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