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It says thou owest God a death. It says that the first thing a sane civilization does
with cryogenic corpses is to pull the plug on those damned popsicles, and if you
want to live forever you are dreadfully dangerous because you're not living now.
It says thou owest God a death. It says that the first thing a sane civilization does
with cryogenic corpses is to pull the plug on those damned popsicles, and if you
want to live forever you are dreadfully dangerous because you're not living now.
Page 143
"You are a damned, damned bully," I told him; "But who can you bully now? Who
are you going to bully through eternity?" Yom.. Silence. I said, "All right, I'm a
coward. Satisfied? I didn't have the guts to stand out against you in '25; I let
myself ...
"You are a damned, damned bully," I told him; "But who can you bully now? Who
are you going to bully through eternity?" Yom.. Silence. I said, "All right, I'm a
coward. Satisfied? I didn't have the guts to stand out against you in '25; I let
myself ...
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What a damned nuisance, I will have to be alive again, how exasperating. Bet
you believed it Told you, joke. Can't remember worrying about this. This dying.
Can't remember. Why? Will put the print-out away, wait for the bill to bury it, and
keep ...
What a damned nuisance, I will have to be alive again, how exasperating. Bet
you believed it Told you, joke. Can't remember worrying about this. This dying.
Can't remember. Why? Will put the print-out away, wait for the bill to bury it, and
keep ...
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User Review - crazybatcow - LibraryThingI didn't like it. It started okay... seemed like it might be interesting, but then... it kinda went off the rails and ended up being some interior monologue between the main character and figments of ... Read full review
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User Review - Wattsian - LibraryThingThis is a really marvelous story about crash-landed space farers that deals with mortality, society, psychology, religion, feminism, politics and, most of all, the slow veil that falls as distractions go away and we are confronted Read full review
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| Title | We who are about to - Women's Press science fiction |
| Author | Joanna Russ |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Women's Press, 1977 |
| ISBN | 0704340852, 9780704340855 |
| Length | 170 pages |
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